External Costs of Opencast Brown Coal Mining in Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry (on the Example of Wielkopolska)

Pepliński Benedykt

doi:10.1515/ceej-2018-0018

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External Costs of Opencast Brown Coal Mining in Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry (on the Example of Wielkopolska)

Central European Economic Journal

Volume 5 (2018): Issue 52 (January 2018)

By: Pepliński Benedykt

Open Access

|Jul 2019

Figures & Tables

Lignite deposits of the mining and energetic region of Adamów, Konin and Bełchatów
**Source: Kasztelewicz, Sikora and Zajączkowski 2014, 40**.

Tab. 1

Anticipated schedule for the development of mining operation and drainage system in the area of the designed Ościsłowo open-pit

Tab. 2

Characteristics of Kolski, Koniński, Gostyński and Rawicki poviats against the background of the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship and Poland in 2010

Specification	Participation UR (%)	Area UR (ha)	The number of animals (pcs)				Stocking of animals (pcs / 100 ha UR)
			cattle	cows	swine	sows	cattle	cows	swine	sows
Polska	49.58	15502969	5760585	2657365	15278051	1426575	37.2	17.1	98.5	9.2
wielkopolskie	60.01	1789875	844289	304467	4819561	383753	47.2	17.0	269.3	21.4
kolski	70.82	71598	45132	21237	48167	5547	63.0	29.7	67.3	7.7
koniński	58.39	92186	48144	18492	95921	9410	52.2	20.1	104.1	10.2
gostyński	77.27	62608	59562	25288	255776	22551	95.1	40.4	408.5	36.0
rawicki	76.60	42400	40682	12206	223360	21195	95.9	28.8	526.8	50.0

[i] Source: Characteristics of farms in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Universal agricultural census. CSO Poznań 2012.

Changes in the population in the Kolski, Koniński, Gostyński and Rawicki poviats against the background of Poland and the Wielkopolskie voivodships in the years 2002–2010
**Source: Universal agricultural census 2010. Central Statistical Office Poznań 2012; Report on the results of censuses 2002. Wielkopolskie Voivodeship. CSO, Poznań 2003**.

Tab. 3

The level of yields in the present Wielkopolska province (without the former Konińskie voivodship) and the former Konin Voivodeship in the years 1956–1990 (t ^* ha^-1)

Specification	wielkopolskie	konińskie	wielkopolskie = 100%
1956–1960	1,685	1,572	93.35
1961–1965	1,996	1,866	93.49
1966–1970	1,861	1,693	90.98
1976–1980	2,796	2,347	83.95
1981–1985	3,146	2,590	82.33
1986–1990	3,448	2,650	76.85

[i] Source: Own calculations based on data from the CSO statistical yearbooks from 1957–1991.

Tab. 4

Concentration of the population on the territory of the present Wielkopolskie Voivodeship (excluding former Konińskie voivodship) and the former Konin Voivodeship in the years 1959–2010 (pcs * 100ha^-1)

Specification	wielkopolskie				konińskie				wielkopolskie = 100%
Specification	cattle	cows	swine	sows	cattle	cows	swine	sows	cattle	cows	swine	sows
1959	43.64	30.28	72.79	8.60	39.16	28.78	68.35	8.82	89.73	95.03	93.91	102.63
1965	52.32	28.26	102.18	11.08	43.60	27.43	90.98	11.61	83.35	97.07	89.04	104.79
1975	71.32	29.47	155.92	14.54	74.90	29.40	89.56	10.56	105.02	99.76	57.44	72.60
1985	59.23	26.75	153.25	15.38	58.16	28.54	82.96	10.33	98.19	106.70	54.14	67.14
1996	44.22	16.79	252.15	23.40	45.11	21.12	118.85	12.02	102.02	125.74	47.13	51.36
2002	38.91	15.45	285.65	27.55	43.38	20.66	148.78	15.56	111.48	133.72	52.09	56.51
2010	46.08	16.18	299.89	23.46	53.27	21.67	97.60	10.12	115.61	133.94	32.54	43.14

[i] Source: Own calculations based on CSO data.

Tab. 5

Annual costs in plant and animal production

Specification		Ościsłowo				Dęby Szlacheckie			Oczkowice
		Outcrop	Variant I		Variant II	Outcrop	Variant I	Variant II	Outcrop	Variant I	Variant II
			common hopper	own hopper
Plant production
Area (ha UR)		1177	29979	11674	118095	1497	47141	131051	5898	22500	260000
		60.0	17.7%, 25.0%*	17.7%*,	17.7	60.0	22.1	17.7	60.0	25.0	17.7
loss (%)				25.0%**,
				7.3%***
	cereals	681	17341	6753	63935	789	25965	70319	3151	12022	138921
	potatoes	18	450	175	1743	35	867	2427	116	444	5135
acreage (ha)	sugar beets	14	347	135	3379	29	1087	3393	142	541	6249
	rape	44	1115	434	11147	94	3559	11142	369	1409	16277
	others	421	10726	4177	37891	549	15663	43770	2119	8084	93417
	cereals	0.93	7.84	3.32	29.23	1.17	14.75	32.57	6.76	10.75	77.81
	potatoes	0.13	1.10	0.47	4.43	0.29	2.75	6.28	1.41	2.23	16.18
Losses	sugar beets	0.05	0.42	0.18	4.55	0.13	1.82	4.59	0.88	1.40	10.13
(PLN m / year)	rape	0.10	0.81	0.34	8.62	0.24	3.43	8.68	1.35	2.14	15.50
	others	0.67	5.67	3.32	21.66	1.06	11.12	25.84	5.83	9.27	67.08
	Razem	1.87	15.85	7.64	68.49	2.89	33.87	77.97	16.23	25.80	186.70
External costs	(PLN m * year^-1)	0.47	15.85	7.64	68.49	2.89	33.87	77.97	16.23	25.80	186.70
Animal production
Area powiatów	(% UR)¹	1.28	32.52	12.66	39.44	2.09	15.68	25.55	5.62	21.43	75.28
Loss (%)	cattle	60.0	15.0, 20.0*	15.0, 20.0*	15.0	60.0	17.7	15.0	60.0	20.0	15.0
				5.0%***
	cows	60.0	15.0, 20.0*	15.0, 20.0*,	15.0	60.0	17.7	15.0	60.0	20.0	15.0
				5.0%***
	swine	60.0	9.0, 12.5*	9.0, 12.5*,	9.0	60.0	11.1	9.0	60.0	12.5	9.0
				3.5***
	sows	60.0	9.0, 12.5*	9.0, 12.5*,	9.0	60.0	11.1	9.0	60.0	12.5	9.0
				3.5***
	cattle	48144	48144	48144	134437	45132	165771	214093	100244	100244	273982
Amount in poviats (pcs)	cows	18492	18492	18492	50082	21237	65876	82930	37494	37494	96517
	swine	95921	95921	95921	334314	48167	297435	488626	479136	479136	1245727
	sows	9410	9410	9410	33221	5547	31498	50217	43746	43746	119290
	beef livestock	0.42	2,97	1.24	10.43	0.56	5.47	11.93	3.94	5.01	37.32
	milk	1.03	7.26	3.03	23.54	1.95	14.91	31.33	9.23	11.73	79.58
Losses (PLN m / year)	fatteners	0.65	2.77	1.17	10.72	0.53	4.19	10.00	14.24	11.32	74.44
	piglets	0.21	0.91	0.38	3.31	0.20	1.47	3.33	4.33	3.44	23.76
	Total	2.32	13.91	5.82	47.99	3.24	26.03	56.59	31.74	31.50	215.10
External costs (PLN m * year^-1)		0.58	3.48	1.46	12	0.81	6.51	14.15	7.93	7.88	53.78
Annual losses agricultural production (PLN m)		4.19	29.76	13.46	116.49	6.13	59.90	134.55	47.97	57.30	401.81
Annual external costs agricultural production (PLN m)		1.05	19.32	9.09	80.49	1.53	40.38	92.11	11.99	33.67	240.48
Time to generate losses (years)		51	15	51^a, 15^b, 36^c	15	45	45	15^d, 25^e, 45^f	100	100	100
Losses (PLN m) caused by the outcrop		213.64	446.34	517.47	1747.34	275.97	2695.43	5275.37	4796.84	5729.94	40180.51
External outcrop costs (PLN caused m) by the		53.41	289.86	348.65	1207.40	68.99	1817	3584.92	1199.21	3367.26	24047.74
Total losses with the open pit area (PLN m)		x	691.92	1260.92	x	1885.99	3653.92	x	4566.47	25246.95

[i] Source: Own calculations

1 - the share of the surface of the outcrop or the funnel of depression in the total area of the poviats

* - the level of losses for the tertiary depression area

** - level of losses for the Quaternary depression area

*** - the level of losses for the area of the joint funnel of the depression, Ościsłowo and Jóźwin IIB.

Tab. 6

Annual costs in the sale of the agro-food industry

Specification		Ościsłowo				Dęby Szlacheckie			Oczkowice
		Outcrop	Variant I		Variant II	Outcrop	Variant I	Variant II	Outcrop	Variant I	Variant II
			common hopper	own hopper
area (ha)		1177	29979	11674	118095	1497	47141	131051	5898	22500	260000
				17.7%*,
			17.7%*,	25.0%**,
loss (%)		60.0	25.0%**	7.3%***	17.7	60.0	22.1	17.7	60.0	25.0	17.7
purchase (PLN * ha^-1)		1642.8	1642.8	1642.8	1642.8	1642.8	1642.82,	1642.82,	1642.8	1642.8	1642.8
							1737.8³	1737.8³
losses (PLN m)		2.32	19.64	8.32	71.10	2.95	35.09	78.56	11.63	18.48	151.20
losses (PLN m)	beef livestock	0.68	4.75	1.98	16.69	0.89	8.75	19.08	6.30	8.01	59.72
losses (PLN m)	milk	1.65	11.62	4.85	37.66	3.11	23.85	50.13	14.76	18.77	127.33
losses (PLN m)	fatteners	1.04	4.44	1.87	17.15	0.85	6.70	16.00	22.79	18.11	119.11
	total	3.37	20.80	8.71	71.50	4.86	39.30	85.22	43.85	44.89	306.16
losses agricultural production (PLN m)		5.69	40.45	17.03	142.60	7.81	74.39	163.77	55.48	63.38	457.36
Time to generate losses (years)	51	15		51^a, 15^b, 36^c	15	45	45	15^d, 25^e,	100	100	100
								45^f
Losses caused by the outcrop (PLN m)		290.14	606.74	655.09	2139.00	351.43	3347.55	6433.81	5547.68	6337.55	45736.08
External costs caused by the outcrop (PLN m)		10.15	21.24	22.93	74.87	12.30	117.16	228.18	194.17	221.81	1600.76
Total external costs with the open pit area (PLN m)		x	54.32		85.02	x	129.46	237.48	x	415.98	1794.93

[i] Source: Own calculations. Purchase prices based on Purchase and prices of agricultural products in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. CSO

2 - in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship

3 - in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship

Other as given in Tab. 5.

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