Opracowanie przedstawia problematykę wpływu administracyjnego ograniczania sprzedaży mleka na dynamikę zmian strukturalnych zachodzących w gospodarstwach mlecznych. Stwierdzono, że system kwot mlecznych wpłynął na wyraźne spowolnienie procesu koncentracji produkcji mleka oraz przemian strukturalnych na tym rynku w UE.
Przedstawiono problematykę związaną z organizacją i funkcjonowaniem systemu kwot mlecznych w Unii Europejskiej oraz opracowaniem systemu limitowania produkcji mlecznej w Polsce.
Since accession to the EU, Polish dairy production has experienced dynamic changes in all spheres of its performance. In this dynamic environment, farmers had to adjust their development strategies in order to survive on the competitive market. This paper describes farmers’ attitudes towards the future in a context of strategy formulation. Results of the present study suggest that most dairy farmers in Mazovian region continue development towards increased specialisation and production scale. The study indicates that labour and human capital features could hardly explain farmers’ strategy choices. However, what seems to play a role is farm and production characteristics. It was more the milk production scale and herd size rather than utilised land that decided the further path of development. Choice of strategy should be strongly facilitated also by investments undertaken on the farm. The investments have been financed mostly from external capital – bank loans and EU investment funds. Thus, access to credit seems to be another important determinant of farm development. It was however remarkable that farmers perceived the availability of these resources as quite easy, especially in case of EU funds. As the most significant barriers to further development, farmers indicated low availability of land and insufficient qualified labour.