Struktura obszarowa gospodarstw i produktywność pracy w polskim rolnictwie na tle innych krajów Unii Europejskiej
Area structure of farms and productivity of work in Polish agriculture on the background of other countries of the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper was to present the area structure of farms in Poland in relation to the other EU Member States. The article shows changes in the structure in the years 2010–2013. Due to changes in the farm methodology in the EU no previous comparisons were made. The analysis used the Gini index showing the level of concentration of agricultural land and the number of farms in particular area groups. Moreover, the amount of labour input (AWU per 100 ha UAA) as well as the SO/AWU performance were presented. The research shows that the largest labour inputs can be observed in agriculture of the EU “new” countries: Malta, Slovenia, Cyprus and Romania. In 2013 AWU/100 ha of AL amounted to 13.3 in Poland, compared to 7.45 in the EU–28. This demonstrates significantly higher employment in agriculture in Poland than in other countries of the EU. The average productivity of Polish agriculture, expressed by the SO/AWU indicator, exceeded 11 thousand EUR. It was three times lower than in the EU–28 (34.8 thousand EUR). The analyzes were based on the Eurostat data for the EU–28.

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