Polish agriculture : problems and solutions

Polishagriculture: problems and solutions Magdalena Krygier Marta Jabłońska Katarzyna Kozłowska Ewelina Szydełko Anna Kuś Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

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In Poland the most popular is extensive system of agriculture

Water problem: Poland hasn’tenoughtquantity of water. Watersolution: Poland needs a many of littlereservuars of water. Ituntietwoproblems: flood and drought. We mustbuildwatershaft. II pilar

Problem: badquality of seeds Solution: Farmersmustapplicate to Europen Union for subsidy to buy goodquality of seeds. I pilar Tabl. Zaopatrzenie rolnictwa w kwalifikowany materiał siewny Supply of agriculture with qualified seed Wyszczególnienie - Specification

Problem: Currencycours Solution: Development agriculture. Preservegoodcondition to inviteabroadinvestors. II pilar

Problem: Lobbying. Poland has 140 lobbyingcompanies. Only 33% of themareactive. Polishpeopleafraidlobbying, becausetheyassociateitwithcorruption. Solution: Polishpeopleneedmoreeducationaboutlobbying. I pilar

Problem: Deficiencyplans, whatfarmersshouldcultivate, thantheyhaven’tchance to selltheir products ingoodprice. Solution: Appointtheinstitusion to make a base of dateaboutprognosis for farmers, whichspeciestheyshouldcultivate and how much. I pilar

Problem: Subsiedy. In Poland a lot of farmersdon’tusethesubsidies, theyafraid big bureaucracy and competitive. Theydon’tknowwheresearchthe help and whichProgrammeis for them. Most of Programmearerefundation and polishfarmers many timesdon’tgetthecreditsfromthe bank. Solution: IncreasethefarmersknowledgeaboutEuropen Union Programmes. Appointtheinstitutionorincreasethecompetencesagricultureinstitusionwhichexistnow to help farmersinbureaucracy. I and II pilar

CommonAgriculture Policy Problem: Therule ‘phasing-in’ – polishfarmersgetthe many intoo long time. Itmeansthatpolishfarmersaren’tcompetitive to farmersfromothercountries UE. Polishfarmersdon’tgetthis same moneysuchlikeothercountries. Solution: Everything must be done to compensate for subsidies has been reduced up to. Problem: Therule "cross-compliance„. Polisheconomysituationdon’tlet to satisfythisrule. Solution: Preferences credit investments to modificateagriculturefarms. Problem: Liquidationinterventionpurchases of rye. Eliminating ryefrom intervention of the EU would reduce market prices and consequently, lower income farmers on weaker soils. Solution: Maintenanceinterventionpurchases of ryeorgratuity. Problem: Polishfarmersmustpay for agricultureadvices. Solution: non-profit agricultureadvices

Problem: Deficiencyco-operationbetweenfarmers. One small farmer can’tsatisfyneededs of market and can’tcompetitivewith big farmers. Solution: Smallfarmersmustco-operation. Theymustchoose a leader of them group which will be representativethis group. I pilar

Problem: badadvertistment – worse export Consumer want buy products whichgoodlooking, whichhavegoodpackage. Solution: Showspolishfarmershow products shouldlook and how to exsposition products for consumer. I and II pilar

Problem: innovation Solution: Changemachines and sytems of production. Use BAT – Best AvilableTechnics to save energy, water, materials to production etc. Useclose system of production. I and II pilar

Problem: Deficiencyco-operationbetweenUniversitiesresearches, companies and farmers. Solution: Organize a meetingswithfarmers, represantatives of companies and farmers. I pilar

Problem: Most of polishfarmersdon’tusecropsrotation. Thesoilismoresterilization. Solution: Courses for farmers to start themusethecropsrotation and savesoil. Cropsrotationletuse less fertilizations and pesticides. Europen Union givessubsidies to farmersiftheycultivatelegumesorblendslegumeswithotherplants. I pilar

Problem: polishfarmerscan’tfindjobsinnon-agriculturalsectors. Solution: Course for farmers to changethesector. Farmerscanalsodirect a company inthis same time such farm. I pilar

Problem: Poland hasn’tregulationabout GMO Solution: Findregulationabout GMO. Polishresearchersmustfollowing by thenewinformationaboutthistopic. I and II pilar FOR or AGAINST ?

Problem: Polishfarmsaretoosmall Solution: cultivatevegetables – specialisation, developagrotourism I pilar

Problem: quantity of milk. Solution: Liberalisation of law aboutresignationregulationquantity of milk. pilar I

Problem: Poland isshared for richer and poorer region. Itmeansthat regions developeveryunevenly. Solution: In Poland existProgramme Development for East Poland, whichimprovetheatractivity of polish region, suchlikeKozardinHungary, wherebecamenewjobs and posibilities for habitants.

Problem: taxes Eachpolish farmer pay insurance taxes. Itdoesn’tmatterhow big is his ruralareaorhow much heearn. Polishfarmerspaythistaxes one for threemonths, but companiesfromothersectoreconomypay one time inmonth. Solution: regulation law abouttaxes

In Poland nowdominate II pilar of the CAP. Goodcondition of polish natural environment (non corruption) is a chance for farmersfuture. CommiteAgriculture Policy isnecessery for developeruralarea.

Threeactivitiesinnewway of rural development: • Increasethecompetitiveness of theagriculturesectorethroughsupport for restructuring • Improvingthe environment by supporting land management • Improvethequality of life inruralareas; promotingthedivirsification of economicactivitiesthroughmeasuresaimed and farmers and otherruralpolicy

Polishagricultureinthefuture: • Ruralindications: • increasemechanization • increasespecialisation • biggeragriculturalareas • less agriculturesubsidies • moreagriculturalassociations and co-operationbetweenfarmers • increaseecologyfarms • Social and economyindications: • increasehabitantsatthevillage (live inthevillage, but work on thecities) • most of youngfarmerswon’t be stayatfarms • betterinfrastructure • increaseunemployment on thevillage, whichare far fromthe city • increasedomestic/familiescompanies, which will be produce a domestic products • higher farmer leveleducation

Future CAP after 2013 inpolishgovermentopinion: • CommonAgriculture Policy shouldthereforeretainthecurrentseffective instruments market intervension. Thisprovidethe „safety net” thatrunsinfullspecialsituaciones. A large drop inprices, morevolativeprices. • safety and security food • sustainable development agriculture and ruralareas • equalcondition of competition on the market agriculture • EU strongcompetitivepositioninthe global agriculture market • attempts to renationalization CAP areunacceptable • shiftfundsfrominterventions for promotion as well as the action as sociateswithclimatechange (droughts, patogens, diseas, rainings)

Websides: • www.minrol.gov.pl (Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment) • www.arr.gov.pl (Agriculture Market Agency) • www.arimr.gov.pl (The Agency for Restructuring • and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) • www.stat.gov.pl(Central Statistical Office) • www.piorin.gov.pl (MainInspectorate of Plant Health and SeedInspection) • www.coboru.pl (Research Centre for CultivarTesting)

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Polish agriculture : problems and solutions