Zmiany struktury obszarowej gospodarstw rolnych w ujęciu grup typologicznych województw
Changes in area structure of farms in terms of typological groups of voivodships

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research discussed in this paper is to determine the scale, directions of changes and the degree of diversification of area structure of farms in Poland in the period of 2010–2016, in terms of typological groups of voivodships. The research was conducted on the basis of the data of Statistics Poland regarding the number of agricultural farms by size groups in voivodships for the years of 2010 and 2016. The following farm size groups were adopted in the analysis: farmland under 2 ha, farmland of 2–5 ha, farmland of 5–10 ha, farmland of 10–20 ha, farmland of 20–50 ha, and farmland of or over 50 ha. Based on fuzzy classification, four typological groups, consisting of voivodships of a similar area structure, were selected. Next, changes in the structure of typological groups and intergroup differentiation were presented. There occurred a fall in the number of farms up to 10 ha and the growth in the number of farms over 50 ha in all typological groups, but the dynamics and scale of these changes were diverse in regions. The biggest fall has been observed in the number of farms in voivodships with the most fragmented agricultural structure. The structure of typological groups has changed only slightly.

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