Drawski Landscape Park is located in the centre of Drawskie Lake District in the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship, Poland. The park covers 41 430 ha with 10.5% of lakes belonging to the following communes: Barwice, Borne Sulinowo, Czaplinek, Ostrowice, Poczyn Zdroj and Zocieniec. The condition for agricultural production in these communes are mostly medium-favourable. Soils have predominately medium as well as poor and very poor properties. The land use in administrative boundaries of the communes is varied, the lowest share of agricultural area at 19.6% is in Borne Sulinowo commune whereas the highest at 50.2% is in Barwice. In agricultural land use structure, the share of arable land among communes ranged from 82.4% in Borne Sulinowo to 88.3% in Czaplinek, and grasslands from 11.6% in Czaplinek, to 17.5% in Borne Sulinowo. Relatively high share of afforestated areas (30.0-57.3%), as well as low population density (17-81 persons per km 2), favours development of tourism in these communes. Small farms (with less than 5 ha of agricultural land) are dominant and they operate on poor soils which causes problems. Areas sown with cereals have been recorded at 76.7-89.3%, potatoes at 1.6 to 6.8%, industrial crops at 2.8 to 12.1% and fodder crops at 0.4 to 8.7%. The major crops among cereals are rye- 24.1 to 49.2% and wheat- 17.7 to 35.2%. The biggest share (26.4%) of oat among cereals is in Barwice commune. The share of potato is in the range of 1.6-6.8%, whereas oilseed rape and agrimony is planted on 2.8 to 12.1% of sown area. The number of livestock unit per 100 ha of agricultural area is very low (12.0-29.0 LU), which do not provide the required amount of manure.
