THE INFLUENCE OF INVESTMENT SUPPORT AS A PART OF WPR ON ACTIVITIES OF SMALL AGRICULTURAL FARMS

The aim of the paper is to indicate the most important changes that have taken place in the functioning of small farms from the Małopolskie voivodship, which benefited from investment suport, implemented under the CAP in 2004-2015. The impact of the investment suport was rather one-sided and concerned primarily the increase of physical capital. The implemented investment projects have contributed little to changes in the area of agrarian situation of these farms. This support, however, contributed to a more efficient use of land resources by increasing the crop area, which resulted in an increase in the scale of production. A large part of the surveyed farmers indicated that the income from the farm increased, but this increase was not usually high.