Infrastructure of the country and agriculture. An attempt at definition

A need of defining notions of infrastructure of the country and agriculture arises from the fact that it is It he infrastructure which should become a distinct subject of studies and of practical activity in order to create conditions for its development. The previously used division of infrastructure into the technical and social ones is replaced by the economic and social aspects of infrastructure of the country and agriculture, adopting a criterion of function performed as the only adequate. Proceeding from definitions of infrastructure formulated by many authors, a scope of the country's infrastructure was determined in the formentioned division. It is at the same time necessary to distinguish the infrastructure of agriculture as a narrower notion from the country's infrastructure, containing elements directly related to agricultura production. The level of productive resources in agriculture determines the agricultural infrastructure. The introduction of technical progress in agriculture lies a construction of new infrastructural facilities under necessity to secure effectiveness of the applied technical solutions. The scope of the country's infrastructure is related on the one hand to the sphere of supplying agriculture with the means of production and on the other with supplying the consumer with agricultural products. In spite of the predominant economic features of infrastructure, its social aspects were also indicated.Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/201