1. POLAND Covered area 312000 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

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

3. Wroclaw Capital City of Lower Silesia (south-west region of Poland), With population of ca. 700 000 people Major academic centre with universities and colleges About 120 000 students every year

8. Polish economy information

9. Unemployment rate

10. Labor force 17.26 million agriculture: 16.1% industry: 29.0% services: 54.9%

11. Gross Domestic Product per Capita (USD)

12. GDP from Agriculture 4%

13. Agricultural Farming

14. Annual rainfall

15. Average annual temperature:

16. Land structure

17. Percentage of land belonging to different type of farm

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

19. Soil quality structure (%)

20. Crop structure (% arable land)

21. 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

22. Biggest crops and export vegetables: Biggest crops:Biggest Export: 1) cabbage 1 201 000 t1) onion 35% 2) carrot 817 000 t2) cabbage 30% 3) onion 618 000 t3) tomatoes 25%

23. Biggest crops of fruit [thousands t]: 1)apple 2 830 2)cherry 201 3)plums 113 4)black and redberry 196 5)raspberry 81 6)strawberry 20

24. Structure of age farmers: 18-29 years old 10% 30-39 years old 23% 40-54 years old 47% 55-65 years old 14% > 65 years old 6%

25. 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

27. 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

28. 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

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

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

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

32. Cattle stock (x1000) Cows Cattle (others)

33. Sheeps stock (x1000)

34. Pigs stock (milion)

35. Forage crop structure (thousand ha) Roots Legumes Grasses Maize

36. Artificial fertilizer application

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