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