Family farms in the system of agricultural property trading in Poland

Gospodarstwa rodzinne w systemie obrotu nieruchomościami rolnymi w Polsce
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ELŻBIETA GAJEWSKA, PIOTR IWASZKIEWICZ
Gospodarstwa rodzinne w systemie obrotu nieruchomościami
rolnymi w Polsce
FAMILY FARMS IN THE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY TRADING IN POLAND
Summary
The article presents a family farm as a key legal institution when it comes to the trading in agricultural property in
Poland. An analysis of the regulations of the law of 11 April 2003 on the shaping of the agricultural regime shows that the
normative construction of a family farm lacks coherence and does not serve implementation of the goals identified in the act.
What is more, the construction of the concept and the elements that form the subjectivity of a family farm (an individual
farmer) and its objectivity (and in particular the minimal area size of 1 ha) fail to provide a guarantee that focus will be put on
farms with the most effective form of management, which ensure and maintain a source of fair income for a family of
farmers. The same will also be true of the property from the Agricultural Property Resources of the State Treasury.