Environmental agriculture programmes as instruments of education for sustainable development of rural areas on the example of the Podkarpacie region

The principal objective of the environmental agriculture programmes is to promote systems of agricultural production which are friendly to the environment. Farmers of the Podkarpacie region search for new opportunities for their activities. They benefit from the opportunities to develop their farms offered by the environmental agriculture programmes. Promoted by media and environmental advisers, the programmes have become an important element of environmental education in rural areas