THE CHANGES IN PRODUCTIVITY OF PRODUCTION FACTORS IN COMMERCIAL FARMS IN POLAND IN 2004 AND 2012

Abstract

The aim of the paper is an assessment of changes in production factors productivity in commercial farms in 2012 in comparison to 2004. An analysis concerns the flexibility of relations among production factors like: arable lands areas in hectares, human labor input in man-hours, total cost in Polish zloty in 2004 and 2012 and the effects resulted from using above mentioned factors expressed in production value. It allowed to make an assessment of changes in rural farms' economic effectiveness within eight years after Poland's accession to the European Union. In surveyed period average labor effectiveness increased of 86.5%, and land effectiveness of 29.7%. Average capital productivity decreased just like labor and land margin productivity.