POLAND Covered area sq km It occupies 3 per cent of Europe’s territory Good geographical situation, in Central Europe on the crossing of merchant routes With population of ca. 38 mln. people Population density 110 persons per sq km

Wrocław (polish language) Vratislavia / Budorgis (latin language) Brassel (dialect Silesia) Vratislav / Vroclav (czech language) Boroszlo (hungarian language)

Wroclaw Capital City of Lower Silesia (south-west region of Poland), With population of ca people Major academic centre with universities and colleges About students every year

Polish economy information

Unemployment rate

Labor force million agriculture: 16.1% industry: 29.0% services: 54.9%

Gross Domestic Product per Capita (USD)

GDP from Agriculture 4%

Agricultural Farming

Annual rainfall

Average annual temperature:

Land structure

Percentage of land belonging to different type of farm

Percentage of land belonging on different type of farm (by size groups) Farm group (ha)

Soil quality structure (%)

Crop structure (% arable land)

The biggest crops [t/ha]: Cereal: Vegetable: Wheat 3.8 Cabbage 40.5 Rye 2.4 Onion 20.5 Barley 3.0 Carrot 29.0 Oat 2.3 Triticale 3.3

Biggest crops and export vegetables: Biggest crops:Biggest Export: 1) cabbage t1) onion 35% 2) carrot t2) cabbage 30% 3) onion t3) tomatoes 25%

Biggest crops of fruit [thousands t]: 1)apple )cherry 201 3)plums 113 4)black and redberry 196 5)raspberry 81 6)strawberry 20

Structure of age farmers: years old 10% years old 23% years old 47% years old 14% > 65 years old 6%

Advantages polish agriculture: - polish agriculturae area is 1/5 all agriculture area in UE - Poland has one of the richest varieties biological species and natural seats in UE - Poland is on the first place in wheat production - in Poland is extensive system of agriculture - very good quality of rural products - some of the farmers establish agrotouristic farms with traditional, ecology kind manage farm

Problems of rural area Bad infrastructure, poor social and cultural development Low farmer level education Monoproduction in some regions and, high percentage of farmers with the income only from farming, Difficulties with finding employment in non-agricultural sectors

Limited access to extension services Low activity of farmers (rural residents) in social and cultural life Hidden and registred unemployment Low income resulting in limited demand for goods and non-agricultural services

Low impact of institiutions and organisations supporting the development of rural areas Marginal attention focused to the cultural heritage

Problems of Polish Farming Small-sized farms (< 8 ha) Unsatisfactory organisation of the agri- cultural market and food chain links

Underinvestment of farms Low farmers qualifications in production technologies, marketing and management Poor self-organisation of farmers

Cattle stock (x1000) Cows Cattle (others)

Sheeps stock (x1000)

Pigs stock (milion)

Forage crop structure (thousand ha) Roots Legumes Grasses Maize

Artificial fertilizer application

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