Abstract
Abstract Excessive distribution of holdings is one of the most important barriers which causes that in a great part of Poland rational use of farms in impossible. This problem particularly concerns the south and east region of the country. Correct spatial distribution of lands belonging to holdings is one of the most crucial factors that enable an economically profitable activity of these farms. The aim of the paper was verification of the applicability of the prepared spatial data base, farm-land configuration of agricultural plots of the selected agricultural farms to indicate the areas of optimization of the internal transport. As a result, based on the developed spatial data base, an impact of the land configuration of agricultural plots in the investigated group of agricultural producers on organization of the field transport between the holding and agricultural plots was determined. The scope of the paper covered a vegetable producer group, which associates 5 farms that have in total 620 ha of agricultural land.
Highlights
There are many problems that the Polish agriculture must deal with
The aim of the paper was verification of the applicability of the prepared spatial data base, farmland configuration of agricultural plots of the selected agricultural farms to indicate the areas of optimization of the internal transport and possibilities of using the base
Formation of the agricultural producer group caused a considerable improvement of the spatial distribution of agricultural plots
Summary
There are many problems that the Polish agriculture must deal with. An unfavourable agrarian structure is a basic weakness which influences, inter alia, a high level of employment, low level of mechanization and low marketability of individual farms. Farms from 5 to 10 ha, which constitute 22% have a considerable share and it has decreased in the recent years. The average area of an individual farm decreased slightly in recent years and in 2018 it was 10.81 ha (www.arimr.gov.pl). It seems that still this area is too small for effective use of the machinery park, for increase of the work performance and for obtaining higher incomes. Combining small individual farms in groups i.e., producer groups seems to be an alternative, which allows, inter alia, common acquisition and use of machines and affect the improvement of work performance (Rorat and Szeląg-Sikora, 2013). Excessive distribution of lands together with a small area of plots and big distances from a seat very often cause resignation from using the land (Janus, 2011)
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