Przesłanki wzrostu koncentracji ziemi w rolnictwie indywidualnym

Abstract

The article undertakes an attempt to define the level and the economic conditions of concentration of land in private farming. The results of the theoretical and empirical analysis revealed the existence of manifold interdependencies between the scale and dynamics of concentration of land on the one hand and the economic level of agriculture and the national economy as a whole on the other. In particular, they showed that the direct cause for dispersion of the area structure of private farming is the fact that huge quantities of labour force are tied up in that sector due to limited possibilities of its substitution with technical means of production and low professional mobility of farmers. The acceleration of the process of rational concentration of land in private farming is conditioned first of all upon changes in the branch structure of industry in favour of enterprises manufacturing means of production for agriculture, starting from big plants belonging to key industry through medium and small size local enterprises to handicraft workshops. The said process should be combined with organizing new workplaces for farmers who want to take up a job outside agriculture, in the area of their residence.