Strategie Dilemmas of the Rural and Farming Policy in Poland

The course on sustainable agricultural and rural development (SARD) was politically adopted. In view of this, there appears the issue of the policy of support of such development because market mechanisms are not sufficient in this respect. An effective policy requires relying on developed and politically adopted strategy of development, in which vision and strategic social goals will be defined. Among social goals, being in the field of view of the sustainable agricultural and rural development policy, the most important ones relate to the food security, natural environment, vitality of the rural environment and family farms. The purpose of the study is to identify the most important dilemmas of strategic importance for each of the distinguished goals and their appropriate justification