The aim of the study is to identify changes in the organizational and production-related behaviours of commercial agricultural holdings’ owners. Overcoming main developmental barriers is vital to building potentials of the agriculture and rural areas in the Opolskie Voivodeship. For the purpose of the study exogenous and endogenous factors have been considered, in particular: agricultural policy, multifaceted institutional environment, farmers’ readiness to invest, changes in technology of production, search for specialization niches. The source of information was a questionnaire-based research conducted among the owners of agricultural holdings that cover the area of more than 10 hectares of arable land, whose produce is designed for the market. Having extended the research timespan (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2014 and 2018), it can be concluded that the development of the commercial agricultural holdings in the region has clearly displayed attributes of stability. In 1992, 19% of the respondents perceived their holdings as developing, while in 2014 the number rose to 84% and 77% in 2018. Securing stability of agricultural holdings’ growth is significant for integrated rural development. The holdings’ owners consider the following to be the main external barriers: instability of prices and the state’s faulty policy. On the other hand, respondents point to the following as the chief internal barriers: low profitability of production, shortage of means available for investment and lack of successors. The major conclusion that can be drawn from conducted research proves the need of advancing broader strategic thinking on the development of agriculture and rural areas, both at national and regional scale.
Po 10 latach obecności Polski w UE instrumenty Wspólnej Polityki Rolnej wzmocniły rozwój towarowych gospodarstw rolnych, przystosowały je do zarządzania funkcją środowiskową i zapoczątkowały adaptację do gospodarki opartej na wiedzy. Praca jest próbą odpowiedzi na pytanie o znaczenie WPR oraz jej otoczenia instytucjonalnego dla rozwoju towarowych gospodarstw rolnych i obszarów wiejskich regionu opolskiego. Analizowane są opinie i oceny kierowników tego typu gospodarstw zbierane metodą wywiadu kwestionariuszowego w gospodarstwach zlokalizowanych w gminach reprezentatywnych dla rolnictwa Opolszczyzny. Na podstawie badań z 2008 i 2014 r. stwierdzono, że dalsze procesy transformacyjne w rolnictwie i na obszarach wiejskich będą zależeć od "zakorzenienia" w sieciach społecznych rolników dotychczas implementowanego otoczenia instytucjonalnego i oceny jego wpływu na zmiany w gospodarstwach rolnych w różnych płaszczyznach ich funkcjonowania.
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