Zasoby czynników produkcji rolniczej w Małopolsce

Development of rural areas m Małopolska is determined by diversity of natural, social and economic conditions, which influence spatial organisation of agricultural production. This production is faced by unsuitable relations between land, labour and capital. Considerable agrarian fragmentation, overpopulation and low level of investment capital in the countryside significantly affect efficiency of economic activity in agriculture. This induces necessity to extend labour intensive forms of production. In mountainous regions with large share of land under fixed green fodder, cattle and sheep breeding constitutes sole alternative for fanning. Agricultural holdings in these regions face large problems. Labour input per unit of farming production is here higher in relation to holdings situated in plain areas (in case of crop output by 30-50 per cent and animal output - by 20-30 per cent respectively). Other problems are connected with high level of unemployment and weak technical infrastructure. In order to protect economic and social degradation of mountain regions and to upkeep here an agricultural production, a reimbursement of the state subsidies to farms in mountain regions is required.