@misc{Kozak_Marek_The_2014, author={Kozak, Marek}, number={1 (162)}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license}, journal={WieÅ› i Rolnictwo}, address={Warszawa}, howpublished={online}, year={2014}, publisher={Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk}, language={en}, abstract={This article focuses on an analysis of factors that have influenced structural change in Polish agriculture since 1989. The Republic of Poland was the only CEE country, pre-1989, which had 70% of its agricultural land in private hands. This turned out not to be a development asset as there were mostly small subsistence farms (ca 70%) at the core of Polish agriculture. This resulted in much of the rural area (except for that located in the vicinity of cities or renowned tourist centres) being dependant, to a large extent on both low-productive agriculture and agricultural policies. Now, after almost 25 years of transformation, structural change in agriculture (and rural areas) is slowing down as a result of EU Common Agricultural and National policies. The agrarian structure, dominated by subsistence farms, remains stable (average farm size below 10 hectares, in some South-Eastern regions NUTS 2 below 5 hectares). As a result rural areas are still in need of a deep restructuring and a modernization of economic structures.}, title={The transformation of Polish rural areas since 1989}, type={Text}, URL={http://rcin.org.pl/irwir/Content/242938/wir_2014_1_162_155_168.pdf}, keywords={Poland, rural areas, development policies, structural petrification}, }