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2005
Volume 8
Issue 4
Topic:
Economics
ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Wasilewski M. 2005. EFFECTIVENESS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OF PRIVATE FARMS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURAL LAND AREA, EJPAU 8(4), #83.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue4/abs-83.html

EFFECTIVENESS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OF PRIVATE FARMS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURAL LAND AREA

Mirosław Wasilewski
Department of Economics and Rural Farms' Organization, Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland

 

ABSTRACT



The paper presents analysis of connections between effectiveness and financial situation of private farms and agricultural land area (AL). Farms of the largest area had the lowest land profitability than the smallest farms. However, these differences had significantly changed. In accordance to economic labour effectiveness, the largest farms dominated absolutely on smaller farms. Moreover, these farms had the largest current financial liquidity, which was the lowest in the smallest farms. According to own capital profitability there were no fundamental dependencies between area’s groups of farms. Possibilities of taking profits from own capital were not fundamentally dependent on AL area of a farm. According to dues management, there were no essential differences between farms, and period of the rotation did not exceed three weeks. Good financial situation of the farms was confirmed by low rate of general debts. Financial situation of the largest farms was significantly improved by the lowest amount of financial means frozen in stocks in relation to AL area.

Key words: private farms, economic labour effectiveness, profitability, financial liquidity, management’s of dues and stocks efficiency.


Mirosław Wasilewski
Department of Economics and Rural Farms' Organization,
Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland
ul. Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
email: wasilewski@alpha.sggw.waw.pl

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