An Assessment of the Spatial Diversification of Agriculture in the Conditions of the Circular Economy in European Union Countries
Renata Matysik-Pejas,
Małgorzata Bogusz,
Kamila Daniek,
Monika Szafrańska,
Łukasz Satoła,
Andrzej Krasnodębski,
Paweł Dziekański
Affiliations
Renata Matysik-Pejas
Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, A. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Małgorzata Bogusz
Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, A. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Kamila Daniek
Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, A. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Monika Szafrańska
Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, A. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Łukasz Satoła
Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, A. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Andrzej Krasnodębski
Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, A. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Paweł Dziekański
Department of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Uniwersytecka 15 Str., 25-406 Kielce, Poland
The level of agricultural development in European Union countries is characterized by great diversity. This is due to differences in natural conditions, the type of agricultural production, agrarian fragmentation, and the level of economic development. The concept of a circular economy is the latest vision of changing the current economic systems, the assumptions of which constitute an alternative to the linear model of resource use. The implementation of the principles of a circular economy aims to create a system that will contribute to the implementation of sustainable development. This could be a strategy to support agriculture in the absence of agricultural land and water resources. This research aimed to identify and assess the spatial diversification of agricultural production-economic conditions and their links with the circular economy at the level of EU countries. The basis for grouping countries was synthetic measures obtained in the areas of agriculture and the circular economy. The analyses were performed for 2012 and 2020. The obtained results indicate the existence of significant spatial dependencies in the development of agriculture and the circular economy. Countries with a higher level of agricultural development were also higher in the ranking of the advancement of the implementation of the circular economy concept.
