Wpływ akcesji Polski do Unii Europejskiej na rozwój rolnictwa ekologicznego

Dynamic development of organic farming in Poland is observed since 2004. Polish accession to the European Union launched mechanisms which support development of this kind of management system. The aim of this study is to present the dynamics of growth of the number and size of organic farms, the participation of organic farms in the total number of farmlands and the number of organic ecological factories in Poland in the years 2004-2012 and the designation of the forecasts for the next three years. To designate the forecasts of investigated phenomena it was used extrapolation of models of development trends method. In addition, this article introduces regional differentiation in Poland in terms of selected characteristics, which describe development of organic farming.