Who applies for afforestation subsidies? Analysis of the age of beneficiaries of the Rural Development Program from 2004–2018

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dc.contributor.authorWysocka-Fijorek, Emilia
dc.contributor.authorGil, Wojciech
dc.contributor.authorGołos, Piotr
dc.contributor.authorDobrowolska, Ewelina
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-04T03:38:40Z
dc.date.available2023-01-04T03:38:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-14
dc.description© 2020 Emilia Wysocka-Fijorek et al., published by Sciendo.This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 . The Version of Scholarly Record of this Article is published in Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A – Forestry, 2020, Vol. 62 (4), 279–287, available online at: https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ffp-2020-0027 . Keywords: afforestation; non-forest land; Rural Development Programme (RDP); afforestation subsidies; private forests.
dc.description.abstractIn Poland, the afforestation rate is slowing down from year to year. An analysis of the demographic structure of land owners suitable for afforestation may contribute to a better recognition of trends and needs in order to increase the effectiveness of National Programme for the Augmentation of Forest Cover implementation, and thus increase interest in RDP activities. The aim of the study was to verify whether interest in afforestation among farmers is the same across the country in different age groups. The data presented in the publication come from the resources of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture (ARiMR). The data covered the years 2004–2018 and were sorted by: voivodships (16), age group of beneficiaries of subsidies (4 groups), year of submitting the application (15 years) and the number of applications submitted. Beneficiaries were divided into four age groups: up to 30 years old, 31–40 years old, 41–60 and older than 60 years. Interest in afforestation changed in the period after Poland’s accession to the European Union. In recent years, there has been a significant decrease in the number of applications for afforestation subsidies submitted. There are also significant differences between the voivodships in the number of applications submitted. Farmers from eastern and southern Poland are more active in submitting applications for afforestation, and will reduce the so-called Recovered Territories in the western, northern and north-eastern part of Poland. Most afforestation in the entire analysed period is carried out by farmers aged 41–60 years. In the initial period, more applications were submitted by farmers of age over 60 years. In recent years, however, young farmers, that is, up to 40 years, are more interested in afforestation, than other groups.To increase interest in afforestation, more support should be directed to young farmers who, as part of farm specialization, may receive additional incentives for afforestation of land that is less useful to them.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe publication presents the results of research carried out for the purposes of the expertise titled ‘Assessment of the implementation of the sub-measure Support for afforestation and creation of wooded areas covered by RDP 2014–2020 – recommendations for the future’ prepared by the Forest Research Institute (IBL) commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De velopment (MARD) and implemented under the project titled ‘Scientific cover of activities in the field of inter national cooperation in forestry’ (No. 260219), financed in the years 2018–2020 by Forest Research Institute.
dc.identifier.citationWysocka-Fijorek, E., Gil,W., Gołos, P. & Dobrowolska, E.(2020). Who applies for afforestation subsidies? Analysis of the age of beneficiaries of the Rural Development Program from 2004–2018. Folia Forestalia Polonica, 62(4), 279-287. https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2020-0027
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2020-0027
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14096/162
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSciendo (De Gruyter)
dc.titleWho applies for afforestation subsidies? Analysis of the age of beneficiaries of the Rural Development Program from 2004–2018
dc.typeArticle

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