Economics & Sociology
ISSN: 2071-789X eISSN: 2306-3459 DOI: 10.14254/2071-789XIndex PUBMS: f5512f57-a601-11e7-8f0e-080027f4daa0

Title: | SOURCES OF INCOME AS AN INDICATOR OF CHANGES IN THE FARM FUNCTIONS |
Issue: |
Vol. 3, No 1, 2010
Published date: 20-05-2010 (print) / 20-05-2010 (online) |
Journal: |
Economics & Sociology
ISSN: 2071-789X, eISSN: 2306-3459 |
Authors: | Barbara Chmielewska |
Keywords: | functions of agricultural holdings, polarization |
DOI: | 10.14254/2071-789X.2010/3-1/6 |
Index PUBMS: | 215becc3-aa13-11e7-8eae-080027f4daa0 |
Language: | English |
Pages: | 49-65 (17) |
JEL classification: | Q12 |
Website: | https://www.economics-sociology.eu/?92,en_sources-of-income-as-an-indicator-of-changes-in-the-farm-functions |
The report discusses the changes in the functions of agricultural holdings and how this impacts rural development. The functions of agricultural holdings have been identified on the basis of identifying the main sources of income. As a result of the transformation of Polish economy and integration with the EU, the functions of agricultural holdings have to a large extent changed. Households and production holdings are now treated as two separate entities. At the same time polarization has been noted with two distinct categories of holdings that have emerged: (1) agricultural holdings and commercial farms; (2) subsistence farms, social holdings and recreational holdings. The number of holdings with mixed sources of income has also increased. A farmer family no longer specializes in one domain only and is now multi-professional. In addition, agricultural holdings and rural areas evolved from single-functional to multi-functional in nature.