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...

In years 2007-2008, prices of food and agricultural products surged dramatically all round the world. The time series analysis of monthly global prices from 1990 through April 2010 shows that prices for several commodity groups in 2007-2008 outpaced long-run price increases, suggesting many...

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...

The article presents selected legal and economic aspects of dairy co-operatives and co-operative groups of agricultural producers operating in the milk market. Particular attention has been given to the organizational and fiscal issues as well as to the issue of financing the actions of...

The role of repayable sources in financing local governments’ expenditure in rural areas in Poland was examined. The analyses showed that during years 2005-2009 the expenditure of local governments in rural areas was rising. An especially high increase was observed in 2009. The shares of the...

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...