Local market and food economy

The paper focuses on the concept of a local market development in food economy (FE). Our considerations let us establish the vital role of a local market in FE, which is mainly a result of the special character of agriculture. The conditioning in which the market develops has been identified and the specific character of agricultural production and resulting from it necessity of a global approach to food economy have been emphasised. The main detemiinants of the local factors, i.e. the economic policy, the infrastructure of the village and agriculture as well as the market information system have been presented. They formed the basis on which a concept of a local market in FE and a strategy of its development have been proposed. An attempt has been made to refer the proposed concept to local markets in selected communes of Bydgoszcz province. The comparison of the factual state of affairs with the desired model has made us aware of the long way which we are still facing.Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/201