MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ECONOMY IN POLAND WARSAW 2010 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ECONOMY IN POLAND &ROOHFWLYHZRUNHGLWHGE\7HUHVD-DEäRþVND8UEDQLDN WARSAW, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development .................................................................5 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT POLAND .........................................................................................................................7 6HOHFWHGLQIRUPDWLRQRQ3RODQGqVHFRQRPLFVWDQGLQJLQ ..............................................................................8 AGRICULTURE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 *HQHUDOSURILOH...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... /DQGUHVRXUFHVDQGWKHLUXWLOLVDWLRQVWUXFWXUH................................................................................................................................ )DFWRUVVKDSLQJDJULFXOWXUDOSURGXFWLRQDQGHFRQRP\LQ............................................................................12 9DOXHRIDJULFXOWXUDOSURGXFWLRQDQGSULFHUHODWLRQV .........................................................................................................12 PLANT PRODUCTION, SELECTED MARKETS AND PROCESSING SECTORS ................................13 6HHGSURGXFWLRQPDUNHW ............................................................................................................................................................................................15 &HUHDOPDUNHWDQGSURFHVVLQJ ...........................................................................................................................................................................16 &HUHDOSURFHVVLQJ ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................17 6XJDUPDUNHW ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................17 )UXLWDQGYHJHWDEOHVuPDUNHWDQGSURGXFWLRQ.............................................................................................................................18 2UJDQLVDWLRQRIIUXLWDQGYHJHWDEOHVPDUNHW ...................................................................................................................................18 (8DLGRQFHUWDLQSODQWSURGXFWPDUNHWV WREDFFRIOD[KHPS GULHGIRGGHUDQGEDVLFLQIRUPDWLRQRQWKHKRSDQGWREDFFRPDUNHW ............................................................ 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