1. INTRODUCTION / 9
2. EXTERNAL DETERMINATNS IN AGRICULTURE AND COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY FUNDS / 15
2.1. Natural determinants in agriculture / 15
2.2. Man-made determinants in agriculture / 18
2.3. CAP funds as new determinant of spatial diversification of Polish agriculture / 21
2.3.1. CAP funds and their impact on spatial structure of agriculture – funding kinds and purposes / 22
2.3.2. CAP funds – general absorption level / 31
3. LAND QUALITY AND LAND USE / 35
3.1. Scope of analysis / 36
3.1.1.Land use features / 36
3.1.2. Agricultural land use structure / 37
3.1.3. Natural and ecological features / 39
3.2. Selection of diagnostic features and ecological quality rate of agricultural holding land / 41
3.2.1. Farm land of high natural and ecological value / 42
3.2.2. Lowest quality soil / 44
3.2.3. Priority areas within agri-environmental support programme / 46
3.2.4. Level of agricultural development with regard to land quality and land use / 47
3.3. Pro-environmental CAP instruments – absorption levels and impact assessment / 48
3.3.1. Implementation of CAP instruments dedicated for improvement of land quality and land use in agriculture – aid measures and composite index / 48
3.3.2. Assessment of CAP instrument impact on land quality and land use in agriculture / 54
4. AGRARIAN STRUCTURE / 57
4.1. Scope of analysis / 57
4.2. Selection of diagnostic features and indicator of agrarian structure / 59
4.2.1. Average total area of agricultural holding / 59
4.2.2. Share of agricultural holdings of over50 ha/ 61
4.2.3. Average plot area in agricultural holdings / 63
4.2.4. Level of agricultural development with regard to agrarian structure / 64
4.3. Implementation and impact assessment of CAP funds dedicated for improvement of agrarian structure / 66
4.3.1. Structural pensions as basis for construction of index of implementation of CAP funds related to agrarian structure / 66
4.3.2. Assessment of CAP instrument impact on agrarian structure / 69
5. SOCIAL FEATURES / 72
5.1. Analysis of social features of agriculture (selective approach) / 73
5.1.1. Human labour input in agriculture – scope of analysis, selection of diagnostic features and composite index / 73
5.1.2. Demographic structure – scope of analysis, selection of diagnostic features and composite index / 79
5.1.3. Farm managers’ education – scope of analysis, selection of diagnostic features and composite index / 85
5.2. Agricultural development in terms of socio-demographic features / 91
5.3. Implementation and impact assessment of CAP instruments dedicated for improvement of socio-demographic features in agriculture / 93
5.3.1. Implementation of CAP instruments dedicated for improvement of socio-demographic features in agriculture – aid measures and composite index / 93
5.3.2. Assessment of CAP impact on socio-demographic features in agriculture / 97
6. TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS / 99
6.1. Analysis of technical features of agriculture (selective approach) / 99
6.1.1. Agricultural mechanisation – scope of analysis, selection of diagnostic features and composite index / 99
6.1.2. Agricultural chemicalisation – scope of analysis, selection of diagnostic features and composite index / 108
6.1.3. Selected aspects of water management in agriculture – scope of analysis, selection of diagnostic features and composite index / 113
6.2. Agricultural development in terms of technical infrastructure in agricultural holdings / 117
6.3. Implementation and impact assessment of CAP instruments dedicated for improvement of technical infrastructure in agriculture / 119
6.3.1. Implementation of CAP instruments dedicated for improvement of technical infrastructure in agriculture – aid measures and composite index / 119
6.3.2. Assessment of CAP instrument impact on technical infrastructure in agriculture / 123
7. STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / 126
7.1. Scope of analysis / 126
7.1.1. Structure of sown area / 126
7.1.2. Livestock farming / 128
7.2. Selection of diagnostic features and index of agricultural development in terms of agricultural production structure / 130
7.3. Implementation and impact assessment of CAP instruments dedicated for modernisation of agricultural production structure / 136
7.3.1. Implementation of CAP instruments for improvement of agricultural production structure – aid measures and composite index / 136
7.3.2. Assessment of CAP instrument impact on agricultural production structure / 141
8. PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS / 143
8.1. Agricultural productivity features and their composite index / 143
8.1.1. Features of agricultural productivity – scope of analysis / 143
8.1.2. Composite index of agricultural productivity / 145
8.2. Profitability of agricultural holdings – scope of analysis and composite index / 147
8.2.1. Features of agricultural profitability – scope of analysis / 147
8.2.2. Composite index of agricultural profitability / 150
8.3. Selection of diagnostic features and composite index of agricultural development in terms of productivity and profitability / 152
8.4. Implementation and impact assessment of CAP instruments dedicated for improvement of agricultural productivity and profitability / 153
8.4.1. Implementation of CAP instruments dedicated for improvement of agricultural productivity and profitability – aid measures and composite index / 153
8.4.2. Assessment of CAP instrument impact on agricultural productivity and profitability / 159
9. IMPACT OF CAP INSTRUMENTS ON POLISH AGRICULTURE – COMPOSITE APPROACH / 161
9.1. Level and structure of agricultural development / 161
9.2. Implementation of CAP funds / 172
9.3. Assessment of CAP funds impact on agriculture / 181
10. SUMMARY / 191
LITERATURE / 198
APPENDIX
1. Abbreviations Used in the Work / Appendix 1
2. Administrative Division ofPoland– poviats (by towns where country district authorities are seated) / Appendix 2
