Producer Organizations in Agriculture - Barriers and Incentives of Establishment on the Polish Case

AbstractIt is commonly believed that producer organizations may mitigate negative consequences of unfavorable agrarian structure. The process of establishing producer organizations after transition in Poland is slower than expected. There is therefore a need to improve the understanding of factors affecting setting up producer organizations. The article aims at summarizing economic literature on theoretical explanation of existence of producer organizations in agriculture. Theoretical discussion is followed by the insights on the barriers and incentives to establishing producer organizations based on the results of a primary data analysis. The research was financed by the National Science Centre in Poland DEC-2011/01/B/HS4/04733