Polish agruculture past present and future

Das Projekt „Bleibeperspektiven in Europäischer Perspektive“ (BIEP) Pułtusk 2014, POLEN

Total population 38 530 000Population structure

Urban areas 61% Rural areras 39 %

Polish countryside look

Size of the farms is the results of historical and socialreasons

- traditional way of life

- II World War

- failure of colectivisation in 1945 – 1955

- European Union Common Agriculture Policy

Polish agriculture in one step18 931 000 ha (less than 60 % of total area)

373 farms have more than 1000 ha

850 farms have more than 500 ha and less than 1000 ha

1 543 500 farms in PL

Rural areas structureThe biggest farms are in the north – Warmia i Mazury

and in the west – Pomorze Zachodnie (West Pomerania) regions.

The avarage area is 23 – 30 ha in these regions.

The smalles farms are in central and southern Poland: from 3,90 ha to 7,5 ha.

Avarage farm area in Poland is: 10,42 ha

Land structure in PL in %

Arable & orchard areas 45,4 %

Meadow & pasture areas 12,5%

Forest 30,6%

Other areas 11,5%

Land structure

Arable & orchard areas 45,4 % Meadow & pasture areas 12,5% Forest 30,6% Other areas 11,5%

Soil bonitation in Poland

Main crops in Poland

wheat 20,2%

rye 12%

barley 10%

oat 4,5%triticale 12,6%

maize 6%

potato 4,2%

sweet beetroots 1,7%

raps 7 %

vegetables 1,7%

fruits vegetables 20,3%

CROPS

Main animal production- cattle 5 500 000

- pigs 4 000 000

- sheeps 12 700

Export- pork

- dairy

- fruits

- potato

Organic agriculture in Poland- more than 26 000 organic farms

- about 330 vegetable farms!

- only 342 certified organic food processing factories!

Certified organic farm area 2003 – 2012

Certified organic farms in brief

BiodiversityPolish old breeds: white zlotnicka pig and Polish red cow, green legs hens

Thank you

Tomasz Wloszczowskitomasz.wloszczowski@sie.org.pl