RESEARCH PAPER
THE PERSPECTIVES OF FAMILY FARMS IN POLAND
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Instytut Ekonomiki Rolnictwa i Gospodarki Żywnościowej − Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Publication date: 2019-09-25
Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economics 2019;360(3):31-53
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ABSTRACT
Poland’s accession to the European Union resulted in acceleration of the
transformation of agriculture which followed the path of agriculture development
of economically developed countries. This transformation consists in a
decrease in the number of farms, a drop in the share of agriculture in the social
farm structure, but also a growth in the potential and production, land productivity,
in particular farm labour productivity, while maintaining huge differentiation
between farms. Analysis of the farm structure survey data carried
out by the Statistics Poland between 2005 and 2016 points to speeding up the
transformation of agriculture in Poland in the indicated direction. The analysis
also enables to prepare a scenario of changes on family farms in the period up
to 2030. When the scenario deviates from the desired direction – also under the
influence of new circumstances – it is possible to take up policy actions to correct
the scenario to some extent. The essence of these changes comes down not
to the EU Common Agricultural Policy, but rather to national policies and also
goes beyond the traditional scope of agricultural policy.