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Agriculture is one of the fundamental economic sectors, with an essential role in securing raw materials and basic food for sustaining human life and the operations of manufacturing industries. Apart from being at the base of the global food chain, the sector is of vital importance for economic and social development in a large number of developing countries. Against a background of rapidly growing world population, rising incomes in emerging markets and changing consumption patterns, agriculture’s main tasks are to increase productivity and to ensure steady food supply in a sustainable way that takes into account social, economic and environmental considerations.
Agriculture involves the cultivation of the soil and the harvesting of a variety of crops, fruits, nuts, vegetables and flowers. It also includes the growing and harvesting of forest products, the hunting of animals, livestock breeding, production of livestock products such as milk and eggs, fishing and aquaculture, and related support activities.
Over the past years, CEE agriculture has been showing a broadly declining share of GDP, ranging from around 1.6% in Slovakia and 1.9% in Czechia to higher levels in Poland, Hungary and Croatia, with Romania at the top at 2.81% in 2024. Nominal ...
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Between 2019-2024, Agribusiness in Poland happened to be a modest but strategically meaningful segment: Agriculture, forestry & fishing contribute around 2.3% of GDP in 2024, consistent with recent years. External trade is a key engine: Poland is ...
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Poland is one of Europe's leading producers of wood and furniture, supported by a long-established manufacturing tradition and a strong role in the regional value chain. The sector reached a peak in 2022, driven by post-pandemic demand, particularly ...
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The EU-27 is home to around 10 million farms and some 17 million people working regularly in the agriculture sector. The industry accounts for a small percentage of the Member States' national GDPs, but is subject to the 27-nation bloc's only, oldest ...
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Poland is a major producer and exporter of agricultural products in the EU. The agribusiness industry accounted for 2.7% of the country's GDP in 2023. The export market plays a key role in the development of the Polish agribusiness industry, with the ...
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The Polish wood, paper and furniture industry experienced impressive growth between 2017 and 2022, but it faces challenges in 2023. Limited access to sustainable timber, rising production costs and reduced demand for furniture triggered by a ...
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Poland is a significant producer of wheat, sugar beet, apples, potatoes, poultry meat and beef within the European Union (EU). The country achieved a new record high in terms of poultry meat production (of 2.7mn tonnes) in 2022, following a rise of 7 ...
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Poland is a major producer and exporter of agricultural products in the EU. The agribusiness industry accounted for 2.8% of the country's GDP in 2022. Sectoral exports registered an annual expansion of 19.9% in 2022, to a new record high of USD 23 ...
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