FARMING PRODUCERS IN WIELKOPOLSKA PROVINCE AND PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL FARMS DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article presents opinions of farming producers in Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) province on their knowledge about the production methods which are environmentally friendly, agricultural and environmental interaction issues as well as actions taken up to protect environment. There were used results of the questionnaire survey, conducted in 2007 amongst 200 farming producers, from 10 districts of the province, marked out by the rate of the agricultural production intensity. About 64% of farming producers put through an examination claimed the conventional farming does not threat the environment. Among pro-environmental actions, the producers protected areas of manure storage most often – 118 farmers undertook such an activity. Although a scale of pro-environmental action taken by the farmers was not impressive, the percentage of producers declaring such actions has been systematically increasing.