Main determinants of Poland’s food security and an attempt of its measuring Cover Image

Główne przesłanki bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego Polski i próba jego pomiaru
Main determinants of Poland’s food security and an attempt of its measuring

Author(s): Joanna Michalczyk
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: agri-food sector ; European Union ; food security ; self-sufficiency

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the publication is to present the essence of food security and to place it in the contemporary reality. The author paid particular attention to the problem of the stability of food prices in the world and the factors affecting their variability in recent years. Then, the author emphasized the role of the EU membership for the maintaining Poland’s food security and made its assessment by measuring food self-sufficiency for the country. In the article, a descriptive method, an analysis and statistical inference were used.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 315 vol 1
  • Page Range: 577-591
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish