Polish country versus Common Agricultural Policy in the EU

When compared to other states of the EU, Poland is a country in which rural areas play special role. 38.1 % of the population live in the country and rural areas cover 93.4 % of the country's territory. People employed in agriculture make more than 20% of the whole workforce, so a few times more when compared to the EU. Simultaneously, farms are significantly smaller than in the old membership countries. A historical feature of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU has been presented in this work. The scope of the CAP reforms, as well as their influence on formation of the agricultural policy in Poland have been discussed. Both sources and the level of subsidy costs to agriculture have been presented. Aid programmes for farms have been analysed, both the already executed and those which undergo implementation. The considerations were based on analysis of the most recent documents and articles related to the above-mentioned issues.