Agricultural land markets in Poland : prospects and challenges
Zadura, Andrzej
Polish agriculture plays an important role in the country. From total number of 38.6 million Polish inhabitants 14.8 million (38.3%) live in rural areas and 2.7 million i.e. 19% of total labour force is working in agriculture, hunting and forestry. The share of agriculture (incl. forestry and hunting) in GDP accounted for 2.6 %. The agricultural land is equal 16.9 million hectares (ha) and arable land composes a majority share (77%) of that land. Good and very good soils (classes I-III) accounted for 26% of arable land, average (class IV) 40% whereas the share of poor and very weak soils (classes V-VI) is 34%. Poland has a high position in the world with regard to production of potatoes, rye, apples, currants, strawberries, raspberries, cabbage, carrots, rape and ranks among the 15 biggest world producers of meat, milk and hen eggs.
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