AGRICULTURE IN POLAND - SELECTED ECONOMIC ISSUES

Agriculture is the largest beneficiary of public aid in Poland, implemented, among others, in the form of: financial support from the national and EU sources, preferential credit conditions, social insurance, and income tax exemption in the agricultural business. As a result, there has been a rapid growth in investment activities of those operating in agriculture, agricultural production in general as well as in the trade in agri-food products. This article presents data on the selected forms and level of the implemented support for agriculture. Their impact on the socio-economic conditions for the entities operating in the sector of agriculture and on rural areas, both at the regional level and globally for the Polish economy, was indicated.