FUNDS ABSORPTION BY BIELSK COUNTY’S ECOLOGICAL FARMINGS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

The Rural Development Programme (RDP) for 2007-2013 is the continuation of previous activities (RDP 2004-2006) the objective of which is to develop and improve the quality of life in rural areas. The aim of the article is the evaluation of performance of the Rural Development Programme for 2008-2010 performed in Bielsk County within the ecological agriculture package with respect to agri-environmental programme. The evaluation includes ϐinancial and quantitative analysis of programme performance of ecological agriculture. It presents averaged ϐinancial transfers to ecological farms of each commune of the Bielsk County. The survey covered the following rural communes of the County: Bielsk Podlański, Brańsk, Wyszki, Rudka, Boćki, Orla. These communes are of typical agricultural nature, with the large ecological potential and the possibility of obtaining the funds from the European Union. The ecological aspect was also signiϐicant due to a slight distance of the analyzed farms from the Białowieża Forest.