Twenty Years of Poland’s EU Membership: What Is Progress in the Agri-Food Sector?

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dc.abstract.enThe paper aims to assess the dynamics of production and income in Polish agriculture against the agriculture in the entire EU and estimate the trade-related effects of participation in the Single European Market over the 20 years of Poland’s EU membership. The analyses showed that a positive phenomenon observed in Polish agriculture after joining the EU was a stable upward trend in agricultural production and the strengthening of farm links with the agricultural market. This was followed by increased agricultural income. Incorporation into the Single European Market triggered an increase in the value of Polish trade in agri-food products. Poland strengthened its position as a net exporter of agri-food products and proved the ability of the food industry to compete effectively in foreign markets. Except for cognitive value, the research can be a benchmark for other countries aspiring to EU membership and constitute a justification for their move toward accession. Long-run ex post analysis of trends in production, income, and foreign trade offers a background for assessing the efficiency of agricultural and trade policy actions taken up to date. The recommendation arising from the analysis and the new conditions related to the European Green Deal and the liberalization of trade policy for the import of agri-food products from outside the European Union is as follows: given the benefits of the liberalization of foreign trade in agri-food products, it should be supported, but it should not be allowed to make agricultural production in the country unprofitable or threaten food self-sufficiency.
dc.affiliationWydział Ekonomiczny
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Ekonomii i Polityki Gospodarczej w Agrobiznesie
dc.contributor.authorPawlak, Karolina
dc.contributor.authorPoczta, Walenty
dc.date.access2025-02-14
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-14T12:19:47Z
dc.date.available2025-02-14T12:19:47Z
dc.date.copyright2024-12-28
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>The paper aims to assess the dynamics of production and income in Polish agriculture against the agriculture in the entire EU and estimate the trade-related effects of participation in the Single European Market over the 20 years of Poland’s EU membership. The analyses showed that a positive phenomenon observed in Polish agriculture after joining the EU was a stable upward trend in agricultural production and the strengthening of farm links with the agricultural market. This was followed by increased agricultural income. Incorporation into the Single European Market triggered an increase in the value of Polish trade in agri-food products. Poland strengthened its position as a net exporter of agri-food products and proved the ability of the food industry to compete effectively in foreign markets. Except for cognitive value, the research can be a benchmark for other countries aspiring to EU membership and constitute a justification for their move toward accession. Long-run ex post analysis of trends in production, income, and foreign trade offers a background for assessing the efficiency of agricultural and trade policy actions taken up to date. The recommendation arising from the analysis and the new conditions related to the European Green Deal and the liberalization of trade policy for the import of agri-food products from outside the European Union is as follows: given the benefits of the liberalization of foreign trade in agri-food products, it should be supported, but it should not be allowed to make agricultural production in the country unprofitable or threaten food self-sufficiency.</jats:p>
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dc.description.volume15
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/agriculture15010049
dc.identifier.eissn2077-0472
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/2478
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/1/49
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationeconomics and finance
dc.relation.ispartofAgriculture (Switzerland)
dc.relation.pagesart. 49
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dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enagricultural production
dc.subject.enagricultural income
dc.subject.enagri-food trade
dc.subject.enregional integration
dc.subject.enEU’s Common Agricultural Policy
dc.subject.enEU’s Common Commercial Policy
dc.subject.enSingle European Market
dc.subject.enEU accession
dc.subject.enPoland
dc.subject.enEU countries
dc.titleTwenty Years of Poland’s EU Membership: What Is Progress in the Agri-Food Sector?
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