Specialization of the Łódź voivodeship in plant and livestock production

Abstract

Specialization in agriculture is one of the most important factors in the development of the agricultural sector in today's farming conditions. Focusing the farms on the production of a small group of products allows for their large, uniform batches of goods, desired by the market. Specialization in agriculture also allows better exploitation of machinery and equipment for agricultural production, and contributes to increasing the efficiency of production and the farm incomes.
Agriculture is an important sector of the economy in Łódź voivodeship. Despite the very favorable natural conditions for agricultural production, Łódź voivodeship is typically agricultural. The agricultural nature of the area is mainly evidenced by the high (higher than the average in Poland) share of agricultural land in the total area of the voivodeship.
Łódź voivodeship has a large share in domestic production of both livestock and plant. Łódź voivodeship specializes in the production of potatoes, which is the biggest producer in Poland, and also in the production of field vegetables, fruits, wheat and cereal mixtures. It is also a major nationwide producer of oats, triticale and sunflower seeds. It also plays an important role in the domestic livestock production. Łódź voivodeship specializes in the breeding of pigs, cattle and poultry. It ranks high among the voivodships in terms of density of livestock per 100 ha of agricultural land as well as in terms of production of livestock for slaughter, milk and eggs.
Despite the worse than average in the country's natural conditions for the functioning of agriculture, Łódź voivodeship plays an important role in domestic agricultural production. Thanks to the high participation of several products in the creation of the Polish food base, it is one of the most important agricultural regions in the country.