<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article offers a spatial analysis of the number of applications submitted by agricultural holdings in Poland for funds under the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy over the years 2002-2010 (a total of 874 thous. applications, Table 1). This activity was characterised by dividing the assistance means obtained into measures intended to improve: the natural environment (Table 2, Fig. 1), the agrarian-demographic structure (Table 3, Fig. 2), the technical equipment of farms (Table 4, Fig. 3), and their income situation (Table 5, Fig. 4). The above measures are also shown jointly (Table 6, Fig. 5) and spatial differences in their structure are presented (Table 7, Figs 6 and 7). The analysis showed there to be wide territorial differences among agricultural holdings in Poland in terms of the total number and structure of the CAP measures they implemented.</p></abstract>

This article offers a spatial analysis of the number of applications submitted by agricultural holdings in Poland for funds under the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy over the years 2002-2010 (a total of 874 thous. applications, Table 1). This activity was characterised by dividing the assistance means obtained into measures intended to improve: the natural environment (Table 2, Fig. 1), the agrarian-demographic structure (Table 3, Fig. 2), the technical equipment of farms (Table 4, Fig. 3), and their income situation (Table 5, Fig. 4). The above measures are also shown jointly (Table 6, Fig. 5) and spatial differences in their structure are presented (Table 7, Figs 6 and 7). The analysis showed there to be wide territorial differences among agricultural holdings in Poland in terms of the total number and structure of the CAP measures they implemented.

SPATIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR PAYMENTS UNDER THE EU COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY SUBMITTED BY AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN POLAND OVER THE YEARS 2002–2010

Chair of Spatial Management and Tourism, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

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This article offers a spatial analysis of the number of applications submitted by agricultural holdings in Poland for funds under the European Union’s Common...

SPATIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR PAYMENTS UNDER THE EU COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY SUBMITTED BY AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN POLAND OVER THE YEARS 2002–2010

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 15 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0030

Keywords
Common Agricultural Policy, financial support for agricultural holdings, agricultural holdings, agriculture, history, Poland

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SPATIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR PAYMENTS UNDER THE EU COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY SUBMITTED BY AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN POLAND OVER THE YEARS 2002–2010

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 15 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0030

KeywordsCommon Agricultural Policy, financial support for agricultural holdings, agricultural holdings, agriculture, history, Poland

This content is open access.

Keywords
Common Agricultural Policy, financial support for agricultural holdings, agricultural holdings, agriculture, history, Poland