CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC FARMS DEVELOPMENT IN POLAND AND MALOPOLSKA AREA
CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC FARMS DEVELOPMENT IN POLAND AND MALOPOLSKA AREA
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波兰和小波兰地区有机农场发展状况
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发表时间:
2007
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通讯作者:
A. Baran
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作者:
A. Klimek;A. Baran
According to the definition of International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) organic agriculture is a set of several approaches to agricultural management systems, according to the requirements of soil, plants and animals and its overall objective is manufacturing of high quality food and simultaneous maintaining best biological balance in the natural environment. In organic agriculture production is managed in a closed soilplantanimal cycle with retained considerable self-sufficiency. Owing to this fact certain benefits may be achieved such as protection of the natural environment for future generations and health of consumers of food produced in this system according to the motto” To produce but not destroy the natural environment – to feed but not harm the consumer”. Dynamically developing organic agriculture has been observed over the recent years in Poland, which is naturally predisposed for this system of farming. The number of organic farms in Poland almost doubled between 2004 and 2005 to 7183. In Poland organic farms occupy almost 204 thousand hectares. Despite dynamic development organic farms constitute only 0.2% of all farms and cover only 0.5% ha of arable lands. Mean organic farm area is 28 hectares and is third bigger than the average for traditional farms, i.e. 8 hectares. Almost 90% of organic farms cover less than 50 hectares. Smaller organic farms are localized mainly in central Poland and in its southern part, whereas large ones are situated in the eastern and northern parts and along the western border of Poland. Meadows and pastures (52%) dominate in the structure of organic farms, arable lands (43%), orchards, berry plantations (4%) and vegetables (1%) place next. The most frequently cultivated crops include mostly potatoes, then rye and wheat. Organic farm development is greatly supported by the Government, which plans to increase their number to 10000 by 2010. In 2005 the total number of organic farms in the Malopolska area was 1177, the number of organic farms increased by 91% in comparison with 2004, whereas in relation to 2003 over three-fold increase was registered in the number of farms using ecological methods of production. The asset of organic agriculture development in the discussed province is a greatly numerous farmer population, low cost of labour force, low degree of intensification and chemical use in agriculture and low pollution of the natural environment.