The biggest challenge for the next 20 years of Polish agriculture in the EU
Celebrating Poland's 20th anniversary in the EU, the Polish Ministry of Agriculture presented the challenges facing Polish agriculture for the next 20 years in the European community.
Stability and profitability of agricultural production are the main tasks for Polish agriculture and, above all, for the Polish authorities, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Poland will try to ensure greater trust and freedom in the everyday functioning of farmers in the EU.
Introducing broadly understood stability is a key task for Polish agriculture. Minister Siekierski stated that:
"This is dictated by the concerns of both consumers and farmers, who are aware that they provide and secure food for society, in the right quantity, but also of the right quality. [...] The farmer is in a situation , where it has no impact on the prices of production inputs, fertilizers, plant protection products, fuels, machinery, and has no impact on the prices of the raw materials they sell. Therefore, farmers are in a difficult financial situation. Therefore, farmers must receive some kind of support and must also adapt organize, so that they are a strong entity in relation to the producers of means of production, so that they are organized in relation to the recipients of their products. So that they can say that these are the costs of production, we want it to be at such prices and society must also understand that as When consumers buy food, we finance agriculture, we do not finance farmers, we finance the production process”.
Source: MRiRW, Tygodnik Rolniczy.pl