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Legal and Economic Conditions for Running a Care Farm: A Polish Case Study

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  • Monika Małgorzata Wojcieszak-Zbierska

    (Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics and Economic Policy in Agribusiness, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland)

  • Agnieszka Wojcieszak-John

    (Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Civil, Commercial and Insurance Law, Poznan Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-714 Poznan, Poland)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present the situation of Polish care farms in the context of legal and economic conditions. The need to analyze this topic arises from the current lack of literature that has synthetically addressed the challenges posed by the ageing population in the European Union, including in Poland. The research gap revealed by the authors is especially prominent when it comes to aspects related to the setting up and running of care farms in Poland. Therefore, this paper analyzes the legal forms of establishing a care farm. Next, it discusses the economic aspects of how care farms operate. Based on research materials, especially including those retrieved through the use of the formal dogmatic approach, the authors determined the formal conditions for the setting up and successive running of care farms. The authors have analyzed with the help of formal dogma the forms of running care farms in Poland referring to the current legislation, as well as the position presented in the literature. Also, due to the method used in analyzing the materials collected in this study, the authors have presented their views on how to finance such facilities. Findings from this research confirm that Polish care farms have promising outlooks as they respond to the changing needs of an ageing society. Moreover, as a result of the formal dogmatics method used, it was found that in Poland the most common form of running a care farm is an association. This is because the establishment of an association does not require the fulfillment of many legal criteria as is the case with a sole proprietorship. For this reason, those interested in starting a care farm may opt for the association form.

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  • Monika Małgorzata Wojcieszak-Zbierska & Agnieszka Wojcieszak-John, 2024. "Legal and Economic Conditions for Running a Care Farm: A Polish Case Study," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-18, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:14:y:2024:i:10:p:1732-:d:1490785
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