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Whenmakingtheinspectionoftheideaofclusteringtherewasincludedthegene-
sisofthisconcept,thereviewoflegalforms,benefits,advantagesandlimitations
offunctioningofclusterstructures.Therehasalsobeenmadethecharacteriza-
tionofeconomicandinstitutionalfactorsdeterminingthedevelopmentofcluster
initiatives.Thedeepeningofthediscussioncarriedoutisthecharacterizationof
thepolicyofsupport,aswellasoftheopportunitiestodevelopclusterinitiatives
intheagri-foodsector.
Thethirdpartcoversthefourthandfifthchaptersinwhichthesubjectofthe
discussionarethedeterminantsofthedevelopmentofclusterinitiativesinPod-
karpacieinthelightoftheopinionofagriculturalproducersandrepresentatives
offoodprocessingentities.Inthispartofthestudytherearepresentedthemicro-
economicconditioningsofthedevelopmentofintegrationlinks,andespeciallythe
linksbetweenthestateofadvancementoftheseconnectionsandtheselectedvar-
iablesthatcharacterizetheprocessingentitiesandagriculturalproducers.There
wasalsomadetheassessmentofthestate,opportunitiesandlimitationstothe
developmentofclusterstructures,takingintoconsiderationthespecificnatureof
agri-foodindustryintheregion.Inthefinalpartofthestudyrecommendations
weremade,aswellasattemptstooutlinetheprospectsanddirectionsofdevelop-
mentofagri-foodclustersinPodkarpacie.
Theundertakenresearchonintegrationlinksbetweenagricultureandfood
industryareamongchallengingissuesandarenotoftenundertakenintheeco-
nomicandagriculturalliterature.Duetothecomplexityandmultifacetedquality
oftheaboveproblems,theundertakenissuesmaybethesubjectoffurther,sep-
aratestudies.
Thetimerangeoftheconsiderationspresentedinthisworkmainlycoversthe
years2005-2013,i.e.theperiodofPoland’sfullmembershipinthestructuresofthe
EuropeanUnion.However,inmanycases,thebasiswerethedatacollectedunder
theCommonAgriculturalCensusesconductedin2002and2010whichpresent
thedetailedissuesconcerningagricultureinthestudiedregion.Theassessment
ofspatialdifferentiationofthestageofadvancementofintegrationlinksconcerns
theyears2005and2013,andthedistrictwasassumedasthebasicterritorialunit.
Inthiscase,fortheyear2005therewereanalyzedtheresultsofthestudiescon-
ductedearlieramong500agriculturalproducers,whilefortheyear2013there
wereusedtheresultsofthestudiescarriedoutonthesameresearchsamplewithin
therealizationoftheabove-mentionedresearchproject.
Sincetheresearchonintegrationlinksbetweenagricultureandfoodindus-
tryaremainlyofempiricalcharacter,thereallyimportantissueistheavailability
oftherelevantfigures.Thebasisfortheeconomicandstatisticalanalyseswere
sourcematerialsfromthepublicationsof:CentralStatisticalOffice,Statistical
OfficeinRzeszów,PodkarpackieAgriculturalAdvisoryCentreinBoguchwała,
ChambersofAgriculture.Inthecourseofconductingtheresearchworksthere
werealsousedthedatacompiledbytheInstituteofAgriculturalEconomicsand
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