For Polish farmers, the main risk is not "cheap Ukrainian produce," but the structural lag and fragmentation of the agricultural sector, which weakens their position in negotiations with retail chains.
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Competing with Ukraine in grain production, Polish farmers have no chance. This is currently what Gazeta Wyborcza writes and hints that Polish farmers need to think ahead if they want to stay ahead of Ukraine and be competitive. In an interview with Professor Sławomir Kalinowski, Wyborcza writes that in grain production, Poland is actually unable to compete with Ukraine in terms of scale of areas and cost of production. According to the expert, the main risk for Polish farmers is not the "cheap Ukrainian product," but the structural lag and fragmentation of the agricultural sector, which weakens their positions in negotiations with retail networks. Kalinowski emphasizes that Polish farmers should quickly unite into production and marketing groups, cooperatives, and producer organizations to gain better access to markets. Poles are looking for the reason for their losses in the wrong place. He ...
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