Browsing by Author "Poczta, Walenty"

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    GLOBALNY PROBLEM ŻYWNOŚCIOWY - TYPOLOGIA KRAJÓW WEDŁUG STOPNIA NIEDOŻYWIENIA
    (Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM, 2008) Poczta, Walenty; Pawlak, Karolina; Dec, Maria
    There is a significant difference in economic development and food production worldwide, the result of which is food shortages, undernourishment and starvation on the one hand, and constant excess of food production and excessive food consumption, on the other. The main aim o f the paper was to assess the food situation in the regions affected by food shortages, and to recommend some ways in which their situation could be improved. The analysis was based on the data available from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) which covered 107 countries inhabited in 2003 by a total of 814 million starving or undernourished people, accounting for 95% of the total population suffering from starvation or undernourishment. Using the methods of a cluster analysis, those countries have been grouped under 8 different but internally uniform typological categories. At the same time the complexity and multidimensional aspect of the issue has been indicated.
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    Źródła dochodów rolniczych spółdzielni produkcyjnych
    (Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM, 1988) Poczta, Walenty
    Most cooperative farms carry out diversified activity in the field of production and services of agricultural and non-agricultural character. The aim of the article is to determine income functions of various sectors and to determine their profitability. Research was based on the study of about 100 cooperative farms in Poznań province. The following sectors have been distinguished: agricultural production, divided into stock and vegetable production, agricultural processing, services and the remaining production. Economic effects have been presented by means of three income categories: farm income, gross income and net income. Costs for respective sectors were calculated on the basis of the accounting system in force in cooperative farms. Profitability of particular sectors was calculated by comparing costs and income. The analysis shows that the profitability of, production in cooperative farms and in their separate sectors was subject to annual variations. Thus, the income function of separate sectors was also subject to annual changes. However, one may state with certainty that non-agricultural sectors are more significant providers of income in cooperative farms than in other branches of agriculture. Besides, non-agricultural sectors showed usually higher profitability than agricultural production sector. However, vast differences appeared within agricultural production. Vegetable production was always profitable and brought high income, whereas stock production was characterized by low profitability and in some years was even unprofitable. Thus, finding a solution for the problem of low efficiency of stock production is of vital importance for cooperative farms. The article proves that efficiency of agricultural activity is to a great extent determined by the structure of production.