PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF AGRICULTURE OF PODKARPACKIEVOIVODSHIP – TYPICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The main objective of the study is to assess the variation of agriculture in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, both interms of the production potential and the productivity of the factors of production. The purpose of the analysis is tomeasure the variation of the level of agriculture in the regions of the Podkarpackie Voivodship using a synthetic measure.The application of the synthetic measure will allow for the ordering of objects (counties of Podkarpackie Voivodeship,excluding four cities with district status) in terms of achieved level of agricultural development and indication of poorestand least developed districts from the point of view of the examined phenomenon. At the next stage, cluster analysiswas carried out to isolate the typological groups. Based on cluster analysis, five internally homogeneous and externallydistinct groups of poorest. Results of the research proved that the best production potential of agriculture is characterizedby the following counties: mielecki, dębicki, ropczycko-sędziszowski, przeworski, lubaczowski, jarosławski, łańcucki andleżajski. On the other hand, the worst situation of agriculture, because of the analyzed characteristics, can be indicatedin poviats: bieszczadzki, stalowowolski and leski.

Keywords

• linear ordering
• grouping
• agriculture
• agricultural potential