Rolnictwo w obrębie miast – wybrane aspekty zmian strukturalnych przed i po przystąpieniu Polski do Unii Europejskiej

Urban Farm DB summary

This article analyzes changes in the agrarian structure of Poland's provincial (voivodeship) cities from 2002 to 2010, spanning the period before and after Poland's EU accession, based on identification of urban agriculture's productive significance. It found a 25% decrease in the number of farms of up to 1 hectare and an almost threefold increase in farms above 20 hectares across provincial cities, with the average size of farms above 1 hectare in cities growing five times faster than the national average.