THE PRESENT TENDENCIES ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN THE WORLD AND EUROPEAN UNION. CONCLUSIONS FOR POLAND

The purpose of the debated matter is to present current tendencies on agricultural markets in the world and European Union. Two main agricultural markets are considered: market of plants and of animal products. According to this classification, the attention is focused first on the market of cereal, oil plants, sugar, fruit and vegetables, and then - on markets of meat (beef and veal, pork, poultry and other animal products) and market of milk. The aim is to draw the conclusions for Poland, on the ground of which it could be possible to define the direction of further activities on the eve of Poland’s membership in the European Union. The last part of the article explains supportive mechanism within the community and the organisation’s rules on same agricultural markets. There is a proposition to transfer some solutions on Polish ground