agriculture Article Spatial Differentiation of Agricultural Potential and the Level of Development of Voivodeships in Poland in 2008–2018 Piotr Prus 1,* , Paweł Dzieka ´nski 2 , Małgorzata Bogusz 3 and Małgorzata Szczepanek 4 1 Laboratory of Economics and Agribusiness Advisory, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, 430 Fordo´nskaSt., 85-790 Bydgoszcz, Poland 2 Department of Economics and Finance, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Uniwersytecka 15 str., 25-406 Kielce, Poland;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +48-52-340-80-84 Abstract: Polish agriculture is characterized by regional differentiation. These differences affect the production potential, generate income, or development which is an indispensable element of economic efficiency. The aim of the article is to assess the spatial diversification of agriculture potential in relation to the development of voivodeships in Poland using a synthetic measure. Choice of variables in 2009–2018 was conditioned by the availability of data collected in the city system at the Central Statistical Office. Method of Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution was used to build synthetic measures. The synthetic measure of agricultural potential in voivodships Citation: Prus, P.; Dzieka´nski,P.; in Poland was negatively correlated with the measure of the natural environment, the measure of Bogusz, M.; Szczepanek, M.