Volume 8
Issue 4
Economics
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue4/abs-52.html
NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY OF RURAL FAMILIES IN POLAND
Alicja Stolarska
Department of Agricultural Economics and International Economic Relations,
Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland
ABSTRACT
The paper presents characteristics of non-agricultural economic activities run by rural families in Poland in years of 1996–2000. The identification of particular forms of activities showed that they were often treated as additional activities and were not registered. Only 61% of respondents started running their enterprises after its registration in economic activity register. Moreover, selected factors deciding on setting up non-agricultural activity and possibilities of its further development were emphasized. Increase of the activity importance in creation of questioned farms general income was stressed as essential as well. Furthermore, impact of non-agricultural activity on the farms and their environment was defined, presenting rural areas development opportunities according to the activity.
Key words: non-agricultural activity, rural areas, rural family.
Alicja Stolarska
Department of Agricultural Economics and International Economic Relations,
Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland
Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
email: stolarskaa@alpha.sggw.waw.pl
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