Dopłaty do indywidualnych gospodarstw rolnych w województwie śląskim

Abstract

In the article the scale of financing of farms from the European Union Funds assigned for rural investments in 2003–2008 is determined, with a particular review of Silesian Voivodeship. The course of application and the level of payments’ realization according to the activities’ scope of each of the supporting funds such as SAPARD, SOP, RDP 2004–2006, RDP – 2007–2013 are described. Most of these activities were addressed to the farmers who fulfulled mentioned criteria, namely to large and developing farms. At the same time the number of the farms using these funds was relatively small. According to research, the majority of funds come from the area payments, and the scale of the farms using this form of support is the biggest one. Payments for non-profitable areas are also important, that can maintain farms if invested properly