The economic theory links the growth of production factors remuneration with the productivity improvement. In the case of contemporary European agriculture, among the most important income creators are money transfers, namely direct payments. These transfers are part of the agricultural and...

The article aims to present the system of direct agricultural payments in Poland in the context of solutions applied in the European Union. The work describes briefly the evolution of direct payments in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy, presents basic information about the models of...

The Common Agriculture Policy’s Fruit Scheme and School Milk Program are EU-wide institutional attempts to encourage consumption of selected food products among children by increasing their availability in schools. The number of pupils participating in both schemes in Poland has reached more...

The aim of the study was to define and quantify the influence of Polish accession to the EU on production and utilization of food raw materials. The analysis was based on secondary data from studies of the Central Statistical Office and the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics. The...

The Common Agricultural Policy has a minor impact on pork and beef market in Poland, though it has at its disposal a wide range of instruments. The abolition of customs barriers after the Polish accession to the EU in May 2004 increased the trade in pork and beef mainly with the European...

The paper deals with the problem of international competitiveness of the EU agricultural products. The author indicates that this issue was always a core element of the subsequent reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy. / Synopsis. W artykule poruszana jest problematyka międzynarodowej...

The paper deals with the future of direct payments system in the EU agriculture. Different scenarios of the current system adjustments, as proposed by the European Commission, are presented. Four possible scenarios are being discussed: An ‘EU flat rate’, a pragmatic approach, the use of...

This paper aims at evaluating the impact of the 2003/2005 CAP reform on farm production choices. The outcome of “market orientation” is measured by considering both the short-term production choices and the long-term investment decisions. The Treatment Effect (TE) is estimated through recent...

Following a historical agreement on the EU enlargement, 10 new member states (NMS) acceded to the European Union on May 1, 2004. Although the European Union has expanded its membership in the past, this enlargement is unique in terms of its scope and diversity of the countries, area, and...

A KAP-reform kapcsán a magyar érdekek megfogalmazása előtt célszerű megállapítani, hogy egyrészt a reform jelenlegi szakaszában vannak olyan kérdések, amelyeket már nem érdemes felvetni vagy amelyekkel kár vitatkozni, másrészt a nemzetközi vitában kialakult keretekhez...