MODERNIZACJA GOSPODARSTW ROLNYCH W POLSCE W RAMACH WSPÓLNEJ POLITYKI ROLNEJ

The main objective of the work was to determine the level and structure of financial support for farms under the common agricultural policy and the importance of this support in the context of modernization of the machinery park. The work summarizes the effects of support, both financial and material, allocated for this purpose in 2002-2015 and coming from the SAPRAD Operational Program (action: Investments in agricultural holdings), Sectoral Operational Program „Restructuring and modernization of the food sector and rural development 2004-2006” (actions: Investments in agricultural holdings, Facilitating the start of young farmers) and the Rural Development Program for the years 2007-2013 (measures: Modernization of farms; Facilitating start-ups for young farmers; and Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introducing appropriate preventive actions). The analysis shows that the process of modernization of farms in Poland, thanks to the support from the CAP, is characterized by high dynamics, undoubtedly contributing to the development of Polish agriculture.