Przemiany w stosunkach własnościowych gospodarstw państwowych - na przykładzie Agencji WRSP w Opolu

The author presents processes of ownership transformation in state owned farms taken over by Territorial Department of State Treasury Agency for Property in Agriculture in Opole covering its activity five voivodships with agrarian structure dominated by small farms. By the end of 1997 Territorial Department of the Agency took over all agricultural enterprises (125) and their land (206,500 ha) as well as land from the State Land Fund (39,200 ha). Overtaken agricultural real estate has been managed in different ways: through leasing (68%), administration, sales and transference of management. Additionally the Agency took over former employees of state owned farms. These who lost jobs (23.4 per cent) were covered by programme of professional activation, what resulted in lack of employment within this group of employees. The persons employed in former state owned farms have bought 55.6 per cent of flats. New economic units directly interested in effective production processes adapt their activity to market economy requirements.