Effect of European funds on the development of agricultural farms in Poland

The paper strives to present the level of diversification of agricultural development in Poland resulting from the uneven utilization of European funds allocated to this aim. Development of agriculture is determined significantly by the scale of investment in this sector. Therefore, this article analyses the measure “Modernization of agricultural farms” of RDP 2007-2013 and the state of the utilization of its measures by agricultural farms in the individual regions of Poland. The degree of activity and efficiency of beneficiaries in acquisition of European funds were determined in the paper and an attempt was made at identification of factors diversifying it