In the study presents an attempt of indicating determinants of development of entrepreneurship, belonging mainly to a group of local conditions, in two types of communes: urban – rural and rural ones in Podkarpackie Province, with specific, fragmented structure of agriculture. In conditions of present agricultural market – it is hard to run semi-commercial farms, whereas growing unemployment and decreasing phenomenon of employment in a farm and outside a farm create a specific social danger for rural population of this region. Improvement of the situation is possible in non-agricultural entrepreneurship development, which can use fragmented production means and slight signals of arising demand as well as it is susceptible to innovations. The research confirmed varied multi-aspectual impact of both internal and external factors on nonagricultural entrepreneurship development. Finally, it ought to be emphasized that human potential (especially its quality) and agglomeration factor, which differentiate influence of other factors, is essential.

41-50