<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The competitive ability of agricultural farms depends on the efficiency of the utilization of production factors. The elaboration presents the differentiation of the production factors use in agricultural farms located in four regions within the framework of the FADN system. The period of farm investigation covers the years 2004-2006. The research deals with the accepted agricultural types of farms: field crops, milk and granivores. A relatively large differentiation of agricultural farms was observed between regions in respect of cropland area, economic size and current financial liquidity. The share of the debts in farms was not significant and remained at a relatively similar level in the regions analysed. The greatest differentiation between the regions concerned the yield of equity. Farms of "granivores" agricultural type, especially those situated in the Pomorze and Mazury regions, were characterized by the highest efficiency of the use of production factors and also by the economic power. The lowest efficiency of these factors appeared in arable farms.</p></abstract>

The competitive ability of agricultural farms depends on the efficiency of the utilization of production factors. The elaboration presents the differentiation of the production factors use in agricultural farms located in four regions within the framework of the FADN system. The period of farm investigation covers the years 2004-2006. The research deals with the accepted agricultural types of farms: field crops, milk and granivores. A relatively large differentiation of agricultural farms was observed between regions in respect of cropland area, economic size and current financial liquidity. The share of the debts in farms was not significant and remained at a relatively similar level in the regions analysed. The greatest differentiation between the regions concerned the yield of equity. Farms of "granivores" agricultural type, especially those situated in the Pomorze and Mazury regions, were characterized by the highest efficiency of the use of production factors and also by the economic power. The lowest efficiency of these factors appeared in arable farms.

Regional Differentiation of the Use of Production Factors in the Polish Agriculture

Department of Economy and Enterprises Organization, Faculty of Economic Science, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland

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The competitive ability of agricultural farms depends on the efficiency of the utilization of production factors. The elaboration presents the differentiation...

Regional Differentiation of the Use of Production Factors in the Polish Agriculture

Published Online: Feb 24, 2009

Page range: 22 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10091-009-0003-7

Keywords
production factors, European Size Unit, agricultural type, financial liquidity, debt level, earning power of land, return on assets and equity

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Regional Differentiation of the Use of Production Factors in the Polish Agriculture

Published Online: Feb 24, 2009

Page range: 22 - 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10091-009-0003-7

Keywordsproduction factors, European Size Unit, agricultural type, financial liquidity, debt level, earning power of land, return on assets and equity

This content is open access.

Keywords
production factors, European Size Unit, agricultural type, financial liquidity, debt level, earning power of land, return on assets and equity