Summary:

The aim of the study was analysis of mechanization processes in selected agricultural farms functioning in mountain conditions of Lower Silesia. The evaluation of basic and specialistic mechanization equipment and the level of exploitation of this equipment was analysed. Moreover used forms of mechanization, investment plans, and landholders opinions connected to mechanization processes was analysed. The researches was conducted in 2007 on the area of 8 communes of former jeleniogórskie province and 3 communes of former wałbrzyskie province. The data came from 15 aimly selected individual farms dealing with Lower Silesian Advisory Center in Wrocław. Collected materials concerned 2006 year. The results shows relatively high technician and economic utilization of machinery basis and also in many cases not proper equipment to specify mountain conditions. Farmers are going to modernize their equipment parks with using EU financial help. They also knows possibilities of costs reducing through common utilization of machinery or mixed forms of mechanization.