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Abstract
Polish agriculture is characterized by regional differentiation. These differences affect the production potential, generate income, or development which is an indispensable element of economic efficiency. The aim of the article is to assess the spatial diversification of agriculture potential in relation to the development of voivodeships in Poland using a synthetic measure. Choice of variables in 2009–2018 was conditioned by the availability of data collected in the city system at the Central Statistical Office. Method of Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution was used to build synthetic measures. The synthetic measure of agricultural potential in voivodships in Poland was negatively correlated with the measure of the natural environment, the measure of infrastructure, the number of unemployed and the area of forest land. It was correlated with the area of arable land, number of tractors, cattle population, pigs and the production of milk, basic crops, sugar beet. The measure of the voivodeship development is negatively correlated with the synthetic measure of agricultural potential, area of arable land, arable land and number of people employed in agriculture. Conclusions drawn may allow local governments to define potential directions of optimization of socio-economic development of rural communes.
Highlights
Polish agriculture is characterized by regional differentiation
In order to make a comparative analysis of voivodships in terms of the achieved level of socio-economic development and agricultural potential, the TOPSIS method of building a synthetic measure and spatial analysis were used
The results of ordering the voivodships from the best to the worst for the selected years of the 2008–2018 period are presented in Table 3, while Table 4 provides descriptive characteristics of the synthetic measure of development and agricultural potential for the extreme years of the research period, i.e., for 2008 and 2018
Summary
Polish agriculture is characterized by regional differentiation. They are shaped by demographic, natural, economic, as well as historical and many other conditions. The low level of development, concentration of agricultural land in small and medium-sized farms or high employment in the agricultural sector hinder the process of multifunctional and sustainable development of rural areas. It is important that the concentration processes in agriculture become more intense, which would allow more rational use of the existing labor force [1]. Differences in the spatial level of agricultural development affect the production potential, efficiency and ability to generate income. The integration of the state policy with the rural development policy is necessary to compensate for the existing disproportions [2]
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