Bożena Karwat-Woźniak

Department of Social and Regional Policy, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics

National Research Institute

E-mail: karwat@ierigz.waw.pl

Regional differentiation in the socio-economic development conditions of the agriculture in Poland

ABSTRACT. Paper presents the results of the analysis of regional diversification of Polish agriculture. It analyses a set of selected factors, which mainly identify the potential economic and competitive ability of agricultural holdings. For this reason, the paper analysis the structure of the area of family farms, their equipment to the technical means of production, quality of the labour resources, the investment activity and the management performance.

Received: September, 2011

1st Revision: October, 2011

Accepted: November, 2011

JEL Classification: Q10, Q12, R14, R23

Keywords: regional differentiation, agricultural structures, economic potential, labour resources, Poland.