Comparison of Poland's Agrarian Structure with other EU Countries Using Cluster Analysis

Piotr Pomichowski
Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Pomichowski, Piotr; ORCID: 0000-0001-6466-332X (Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie)
Comparison of Poland's Agrarian Structure with other EU Countries Using Cluster Analysis
Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, 2017, vol.17(32), nr 4, s. 263-270

Słowa kluczowe

agricultural holdings problems farm fragmentation agrarian structure cluster analysis

Streszczenie

The analysis of agrarian structure of agricultural holdings in Poland was carried out in comparison with other EU countries. The study was conducted on the 2005 and 2013 data derived from Eurostat databases by means of cluster analysis. The results of the analysis confirmed the hypothesis of improvement of the agrarian structure of agricultural holdings in Poland vis-a-vis other EU countries. An increase in the average farm size was observed with a decrease in the number of entities.