ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS WITHOUT ANIMAL PRODUCTION

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ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS WITHOUT ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Journal Title: Roczniki Naukowe Stowarzyszenia Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 4

Abstract

This article undertakes to evaluate the economic and environmental sustainability of agricultural holdings not engaged in animal production. Studies covered agricultural holdings in the Podlaskie voivodeship included in the FADN system in 2014. The evaluation accounts for selected agri-ecological indicators, supplemented by material pressure indexes and economic indexes (profitability of land and labour). Obtained results indicate that environmental sustainability conditions were met only with regard to the vegetation cover index but were not met with regard to the remaining indexes (share of permanent grasslands, crop structure, balance of organic substances). Holdings without animals exerted lesser pressure on the environment than holdings engaged in animal production from the perspective of consumption of means of production. Both groups of holdings did not achieve economic sustainability. Income parity in 2014 amounted to 0.73 for holdings without animals and 0.84 for holdings with animal productions.<br/><br/>

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Zofia Kołoszko-Chomentowska

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EP ID EP346052
DOI 10.5604/01.3001.0010.5175
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