In the Świętokrzyskie voivodship there is observed recently the considerable development of agrotourist farms, with that of cooperating institutions, like agrotourist associations, consultative teams and agrotourist chambers. The agrotourism
is a very important function of this area. First agrotourist farms were organized in 1993. Most of them are small and are not profitable, thus most of their owners became part-time farmers. The income outside the agriculture can be for them just
the agrotourism. The Świętokrzyskie voivodship is visited by many tourists from various parts of Poland. Agrotourism is a real chance for The świętokrzyskie voivodship farmers, to ameliorate their difficult economic situation. - (BJ)
flows. The rural-urban flows are considered, as is the employment structure in rural areas. Then, the farming sector is analyzed, both with respect to its productive and factor characteristics, and the farm population features, over the period
of systemic transformation. It is noted that farming intensity has gone down altogether on almost all accounts, while privarization of farming has been overwhelming. At the same time, during the transformation, there have been disadvantageous phenomena within
Agriculture ; Estate farm ; Poland ; Poverty ; Privatisation ; Rural area ; Unemployment ; Years 1990-99
The article presents changes in agriculture and in rural areas, which took place in the period of 1989-2001, as a result of restructuring and privatization of state-farming. The changes concern predominantly : the level of socio-economic development
of rural areas ; the impact on agricultural structure ; economic effects of privatized farms ; social effects of transformation, i.e. unemployment, poverty and other negative phenomena which emerged as result of state-farm restructuring. - (BJ)
Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Farm ; National income ; Poland ; Spatial distribution ; Spatial variation
of individual farms increased from 7.2 hectares in 1990 to 8 hectares in 2001. Worsening of the profitability of agricultural production at the beginning of 1990s (the loss of eastern markets), liquidation of state farming, increase of fallow areas, and a marked
fall of funds in farm investments entailed a collapse in crop production, in animal breeding (especially in cattle raising) and in agricultural production as a whole. Gross agricultural production showed in 2000 the decrease by 12.4% in comparison
District ; Economic development ; Farm size ; Farming system ; Infrastructure ; Investment ; Landed estate ; Municipality ; Poland ; Rural area ; Years 1990-99
The present article is an attempt to evaluate the recurrent changes within the structure of Słupsk outlying districts considering ownership structure, size structure of farms, soil initiatives that lead to limiting the scale of unemployment thanks
Economic development ; Factor of production ; Farm ; Food production ; Gross national product ; Poland ; Productivity ; Rural area ; Social development
In both research documents and government projects, the socio-economic development of rural areas is seen as stemming from non-agricultural activity. The multifunctional character of those areas not mean that the role of farming is going
for the country and farming productivity for the regions. It is assumed in agricultural geography that productivity is determined by the volume of agricultural output with reference to such factors of production as land, labour, and capital. - (BJ)
British people ; Emigration ; Farm ; Farming system ; Historical geography ; Livestock farming ; Nineteenth Century ; Settlement ; South Africa ; Years 1820-29
Agricultural practice ; Agronomy ; Botswana ; Cultural capacity ; Dry farming ; Nutrient ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Sustainable development
Pandamatenga is one of the parts of Botswana most suited to dryland farming. The paper reports on the physical and chemical properties of the soils and the characteristics of their organic matter. Some agronomic strategies aimed at their sustainable
Agricultural practice ; Agriculture ; Botswana ; Livestock farming ; Resource management ; Savanna ; Soil conservation ; Sustainable development ; Traditional agriculture
The paper seeks to describe and discuss the impacts of agricultural practices by communal and traditional farmers on sustainable management of savannas in Botswana. Sustainability is explained from three viewpoints, namely ecosystem sustainability
In this paper author makes an attempt to define the terms : floodplain farming and fok agriculture (i. e. farming confined to scour channels) using some historical geographical information and previous studies. Floodplain agriculture and fok
Eighteenth Century ; Farm ; Historical geography ; Hungary ; Land use ; Old map ; Rural geography ; Survey ; Twentieth Century
This paper provides a detailed study of the changes of land use and its underpinning factors in the Káli Basin (North of Lake Balaton). Farming has long been the main source of living for the population of the basin. On the basin of old maps and own
Supporting small-scale farmers and rural organisations : learning from experiences in West Africa. A handbook for development operators and local managers
Africa ; Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Agronomy ; Countryside ; Farm ; Farming system ; Local development ; Organization ; Peasantry ; Resource management ; Rural planning ; Village ; West Africa
the 1990s transition, farmers obtained considerable income also due to their work in non-agricultural professions. The average farm size amounts here to 3.54 ha only. Actual problems of the countryside of this part of Poland are : population ageing, high
Biomass ; Development ; Energy ; Energy source ; Farm ; Local government ; Poland ; Pomerania ; Raw materials ; Renewable energy ; Rural area
using renewable farming raw materials as energy sources - these are factors of social, economic, agricultural and ecological character. Potential biomass used to energetistic have to be suitable conditions to be created to be able to use the existing
Age group ; Demographic structure ; Farm ; Forecast ; Gender ; Poland ; Pomerania ; Rural population ; Years 1990-99
The article presents characteristics of changes in sex structure and rural population age in the Westpomeranian province, which includes areas with the highest country share of the post-state-owned farms. Using the structures compatibility measure