An attempt is made of an assessment of the influence of sugar industry regulations in the EU on the Polish sugar industry. The analysis is based on statistical data concerning production and financial results as well as the legal framework concerning the sugar sector. The CAP reform has had both...

The paper discusses selected aspects of vegetable oils production competitiveness in a global context. Three major vegetable oils (palm, soybean, rapeseed) were analyzed. Their raw material was discussed in the terms of crop yield, oil and meal content as well as meal and oil yields. The levels...

The main aim of the paper is to identify trends in the global trade in cereals towards world growth in food prices (mainly cereals) between 2006–2011. The author presented changes (in terms of changes in value and quantity) in the world exports and imports of cereals as well as in the trade...

The work is presenting effects of three years of the sugar market reform. In six countries the sugar production has ceased, and in many, including Poland, it has been much limited. Simultaneously a group of countries emerged with greater production than before the reform. Even though retail...

The article presents the most important changes that have occurred in the sugar sector in Poland from 2001/2002 until 2010/2011. During this period, sugar production fell by 4.9%, the number of factories from 76 to 18, the daily processing by 57.2% and the number of employees during the campaign...

On the sugar market exists strong international competitiveness. In the European Union sugar industry is the part of the basic branches agricultural processing industry. From the beginning of European Union until the end of the last century all members were the main world sugar producers. During...

The article describes the changes that have taken place in the domestic and global rapeseed market in the first years after the Polish accession to the EU (2004-2007) and subsequent years (2008-2012), compared with the period before accession (2000-2003). The assessment of these changes were...

The area of orchards is increasing in Poland systematically since 1990. The most important horticulture development factors are: knowledge and skills of growers, proper selection of crop varieties and selection of optimal market needs. The aim of this paper is to assess the development of Polish...

Biogas plants utilizing agricultural feedstock are one of the technologies generating energy from renewable sources. Energy production from biogas enables Poland to meet the National Indicator Target mandate and the obligations resulting from the Climate and Energy Agreement. The Agreement...

The following text analyzes the status and prospects for rapeseed production in Poland and Ukraine. On the last ten years either countries – Poland and Ukraine there was an increase in the production of rapeseed. In Poland most of rapeseed is used for domestic consumption, while in Ukraine...