Streszczenie:

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.