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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the scale and generic scope of direct sales of products of animal
origin by the farmers and to determine whether they are connected with the number of holdings engaged
in livestock production in the region. The studies have shown that 6774 entities in the country in 2014
dealt with direct sales of products of animal origin. In the quantitative structure of the surveyed entities the
dominating ones are those who offered unprocessed bee products (approx. ¾ sellers), table eggs (11.7%)
and fishery products (11.1%). The study verified initially adopted a research hypothesis, which assumes a
relationship between the number of farms engaged in livestock production in the various provinces and the
number of entities selling there directly products of animal origin. For this purpose was use the Spearman
correlation, the results of which led to rejection of the hypothesis adopted because showed no relationship
between the analyzed features.