Browsing by Author "Sobierajewska, Jolanta"

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    Charakterystyka gospodarstw ekologicznych funkcjonujących w różnych warunkach gospodarowania w świetle danych polskiego FADN
    (Instytut Uprawy Nawożenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, 2023) Zieliński, Marek; Wrzaszcz, Wioletta; Sobierajewska, Jolanta
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    Development of Agriculture in Mountain Areas in Europe: Organisational and Economic Versus Environmental Aspects
    (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2026-01-03) Zieliński, Marek ; Łopatka, Artur ; Koza, Piotr ; Sobierajewska, Jolanta ; Juszczyk, Sławomir ; Józwiak, Wojciech
    The article analyses the direction and intensity of changes occurring in agriculture in mountain areas in Europe between 2000 and 2022. For the calculations, the ESA CCI Land Cover global land-use map set was used. This dataset was established by the European Space Agency (ESA) through the classification of satellite images from sources (MERIS, AVHRR, SPOT, PROBA, and Sentinel-3). In the next step, the organisational features and economic performance of farms located in mountain areas of the European Union were determined for the period 2004–2022. For this purpose, data from the European Farms Accountancy Data Network (FADN-FSDN) were used. Subsequently, using Poland as a case study, the capacity of mountain agriculture to implement key environmental interventions under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023–2027 was assessed. The results highlight the varying directions and intensity of organisational changes occurring in mountain agriculture across Europe. They also show that farms can operate successfully in these areas, although their economic situation varies between EU countries. The findings indicate the need for further adaptation of CAP instruments to better reflect the ecological and economic conditions of mountain areas. Strengthening support mechanisms for these regions within the current and future CAP is of crucial importance for protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainable land use, and maintaining the socio-environmental functions of rural mountain landscapes. Our study highlights that the CAP for mountain farms should be targeted, long-term, and compensatory, so as to compensate for the naturally unfavorable farming conditions and support their multifunctional role. The most important assumptions of CAP for mountain farms are a fair system of compensatory payments (LFA/ANCs), support for local and high-quality production, income diversification, and investments adapted to mountain conditions.
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    Persistence, Resilience, and Economic Outcomes of CAP-Supported Organic Farms: Evidence from Poland
    (MDPI, 2026) Zieliński, Marek; Gołębiewska, Barbara; Jadczyszyn, Jan; Pimenow, Sergiusz; Sobierajewska, Jolanta; Adamski, Marcin; Tyburski, Józef
    Organic farming in the European Union is strongly shaped by Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support, yet participation durability remains less examined than supported organic area or organic–conventional comparisons. This study assesses whether the length of participation in CAP-supported organic farming is associated with the organizational, production, and economic outcomes of organic farms in Poland. It applies a two-level approach: CAP support trajectories based on ARMA data for 2008–2025 and organic production duration based on Polish FSDN data for 2008–2022. A comparative analysis was conducted of the characteristics of the potential, organization, and economic situation of farms with varying levels of persistence within the organic farming support system. The frequent variation in the results obtained indicates the distinct characteristics of these groups of farms. The results show that organic farming in Poland is highly CAP-dependent and follows an unstable trajectory, with expansion up to 2012–2013, subsequent decline, and renewed growth after 2019. Longer participation is associated with differences in land resources, supported organic UAA, ANCs conditions, production organization, and livestock presence, indicating both adaptation and structural selectivity. FSDN data show that fully organic farms have lower land and labor productivity than conventional farms, but persistent fully organic farms achieve similar income per hectare when subsidies are included; without subsidies, their income remains much weaker. The findings indicate that the evaluation of organic farming support should move beyond beneficiary counts and certified organic area to include participation durability, production-system coherence, economic viability, and territorial embeddedness. More differentiated instruments are needed to strengthen durable, knowledge-intensive, and territorially embedded organic farming systems.