A growing interest in agrarian issues has been identified on the international level since 2006. The main reason for this change in approach to agriculture is a rise in the world food prices and the limitation of economic and physical access to food (mainly for food net importing countries)....

The purpose of research was to analyze ecological development in EU countries during 2000-2012. Six primary variables have been applied, namely: the share of forest area in total land area, emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx) in agriculture, emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in agriculture,...

The paper attempts to contribute to the discussion of the agricultural support distribution in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Author used European Commission statistics of direct payments to explore the distribution patterns across farm holdings in EU Member...

Formation of the common European food market, aimed at freeing flow of goods, contributed to limitation of basic, obligatory quality standards for food in Poland. Adaptation of food prices to the level affordable by Polish households is correlated with food quality. Liberalization of food...

The paper presents the state of the EU sugar market and the sugar beet market after the second year of their reform. The main purpose, i.e. reducing the sugar production by ca. 1/3 has been practically achieved. For Poland it means that from exporter our country, so far net exporter, will become...

The meat sector in Poland is the biggest one in the Polish food economy. A foremost place in the red meat branch, after pork production, occupies the beef production. The paper presents an analysis of the cattle production in Poland on the background of other European Union countries in 2005....

The purpose of this paper is to characterize the food sector in Poland during 2008-2012, compared to selected European Union Member States, and to define the factors affecting growth of the sector under consideration. The structure of sold production of the Polish food industry and the levels of...

The aim of this paper was to analyze the changes of direct payments of the CAP. During the last 15 years the CAP has changed in response to pressures from the European society and its evolving economy. The 2003 reform marked a new phase in this process, introducing decoupled direct payments, via...

Poland’s accession to the EU led to rapid adjustments in the Polish food sector. Opening the enormous common European market, with over 450 million consumers, forced the processing industry to face an extreme competition, while creating at the same time an increased outlet opportunity. Customs...

State of implementation of sugar market reform in the EU and in Poland are presented. Desired effects in the form of reduction of sugar production are not satisfactory. Therefore raising compensation payments for giving up sugar beet cultivation are envisaged. / Synopsis. W pracy przedstawiono...