One of the major problems in the ongoing trade negotiations within the WTO is trade in agricultural products. In the case of the European Union, due to the significant level of protectionism in agriculture, an adoption of the WTO liberalization commitments in this area will mean a reform of the...

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...

The article presents the most important changes that have occurred in the sugar sector in Poland from 2001/2002 until 2010/2011. During this period, sugar production fell by 4.9%, the number of factories from 76 to 18, the daily processing by 57.2% and the number of employees during the campaign...

This paper looks at migration of Polish citizens in the context of intra-EU labour mobility. Since the 2004 EU enlargement Poland has become the main migrant-sending country in the region. Polish labour migration concentrates in the United Kingdom and Ireland which opened their labour markets...

This paper identifies and examines the changes which took place in Polish agriculture productivity as well as in other European Union countries in the period of 2000-2008. According to an EUROSTAT data analysis concerning land productivity in Poland, greater increases of land productivity...

The situation on the labour market in rural areas in the European Union is very diverse. There is visible disparity between the countries of Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe previously undergoing transformation processes. This condition is mainly determined by demographic factors...

The article examines changes in the global trade in agri-food products in 2000-2009. Particular attention was placed on identifying new trends, created after 2004, due to the enlargement of the European Union with the new member states. For the analysis data from the Comtrade database / UN and...

The article deals with the problems of financing the development of non-agricultural activities in rural areas. The programme SOP RMFSRD measure ‘diversification of agricultural activities and activities close to agriculture to provide multiple activities or alternative incomes’ was analyzed...

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....