Poland: agricultural news week 34, 2021
This week in the newsletter read about tensions in the Polish agriculture: protests of farmers and motion for dismissal of the minister submitted by the opposition parties. Next to that short notice about the development of the Polish retial chain Dino. Enjoy your reading.
Motion to dismiss Minister of Agriculture
PSL spokesman Mr Miłosz Motyka announced that the party had submitted a motion to dismiss the Polish Minister of Agriculture Mr Grzegorz Puda. According to the spokesman, the members of the Left party also signed the motion.
In their application, the peasants recall that Puda was appointed as the minister 10 months ago. Since then, the Ministry has not been preparing legislative projects, nor is it engaged in dialogue with farmers or with agricultural organizations, the politicians write in the justification. The allegations made by PSL against Puda include the lack of activity regarding the situation regarding African Swine Fever, lack of specificities regarding agriculture in the Polish Lada, lack of political activity regarding the embargo on the export of Polish products to the Russian market, rising costs of agricultural production or the lack of guaranteed purchase prices for fruit farmers.
Agropolska.pl
Protests of the Polish farmers
Polish farmers started their protests against the government last Tuesday and blocked in total, roads in 14 locations in seven voivodships: Wielkopolskie, Łódzkie, Mazowieckie, Podkarpackie, Małopolskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Lubelskie. Part of the blockades ended on Wednesday, but a 48-hour protest or new rallies have been announced in several other locations.
Protesters want to talk about the situation in Polish agriculture with the Prime Minister. The leader of AgroUnia movement which is the organizer of the protests, Mr Michał Kołodziejczak stressed that the agricultural movement prepared 21 points for talks with the head of government.
Among the most important postulates and issues that AGROunia would like to raise in a conversation with the prime minister, Kołodziejczak mentioned, among others: coverage of farmers' losses related to contagious animal diseases, postponement or remission of loans for farmers and the issue of taking over food production and supply chains by oligopolies. He also touched upon the import of food.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, referring to the protests, noted that the ministry undertook a number of activities aimed at supporting farmers. A program is being implemented, developed at the request of Minister Grzegorz Puda, to support farms keeping pigs. The government allocated PLN 200 million for its implementation.
Farmer.pl
Fast development of Dino retail chain in Poland
The Polish supermarket chain Dino opened 150 new stores it in six months and already serves over a million customers a day. This translates into finances: in 6 months, the company recorded PLN 6 billion in sales revenues.
The Polish chain of supermarkets, systematically improves its sales results, regardless of whether the economy is in crisis or recovering from it. The financial report published on Friday shows that in the first half of 2021, Dino stores generated total revenues of over PLN 6 billion. Compared to the same period of the previous year, it made significant progress. At that time, sales amounted to less than PLN 4.7 billion.
Money.pl