Research subjects and tasks for the year 2019

The scope of research conducted as part of statutory activities is determined annually in the plan of scientific and research tasks of the Institute. The research is carried out by the staff of the Institute's research departments and followed by publication of its results in the Institute's own periodicals and magazines, as well as being presented at academic seminars and conferences. The research and expert studies are based on the analysis of macro and micro-economic data, including data collected in the field in the course of proprietary empirical research. The databases at the disposal of the Institute provide original and unique source material, enabling to monitor the effects of agricultural policy from various angles. The results of these studies serve to support the process of development and implementation of public economic and social policy addressing agriculture, food economy and rural areas. In 2019 the Institute is working on 10 research topics divided between the following tasks:

I Unit costs of the selected agricultural products – Head of the research team: Associate Professor Aldona Skarżyńska, PhD, hab.

Research tasks:

• Production, costs and incomes generated from the selected agricultural products – Associate Professor A. Skarżyńska, PhD, hab.
• Estimates of the economic results for the selected agricultural products – I. Augustyńska, MSc

II Economic aspects of rural and agricultural development – Head of the research team: Professor Józef St. Zegar, PhD, hab.

Research tasks:

• Food security of Poland – Associate Professor M. Kwasek, PhD, hab.; Professor St. Kowalczyk, PhD, hab.
• The question of the agrarian economy today – W. Wrzaszcz, PhD; E. Gajos PhD;  Professor J. St. Zegar, PhD, hab.
• Incomes of the rural population – Professor St. Kowalczyk, PhD, hab.; Associate Professor B. Chmielewska, PhD, hab.; W. Wrzaszcz, PhD;  J. Jaroszewska Msc
• New phenomena in the global agriculture– implications for Poland – Associate Professor J. Krzyżanowski, PhD, hab.; K. Prandecki, PhD

III Financial policy towards rural areas and agriculture in the changing conditions at the national, European and global levels – Head of the research team: Professor Jacek Kulawik, PhD, hab.

Research tasks:

• Monitoring of the financial situation in the Polish agriculture and on rural areas and in their surroundings – Professor J. Kulawik, PhD, hab.
• Capital structure of family farms – M. Soliwoda, PhD; G. Konat, MSc
• Subsidisation versus competitiveness of agriculture on the example of Poland– B. Wieliczko, PhD; J. Pawłowska-Tyszko, PhD; J. Herda-Kopańska, MSc

IV Efficiency of functioning of economic entities in agriculture emphasising their place in the food chain and the ecological issues – Head of the research team: Professor Wojciech Józwiak, PhD, hab.

Research tasks:

• Efficiency of farm operation on areas of high nature value – M. Zieliński, PhD; M. Adamski, MSc; J. Sobierajewska, MSc; A. Żak, PhD
• Externalities on farms taking into account other links of the food chain – Associate Professor S. Jarzębowski, PhD, hab.
• Adaptation processes of large-scale farms – A. Kagan, MSc

V Transformation of the food industry in the light of globalization and European integration processes – Head of the research team: Iwona Szczepaniak, PhD

Research tasks:

• Institutional conditions of development of the EU agri-food sector – the analysis of decision-making in the EU – Associate Professor R. Grochowska, PhD, hab.; M. Wigier, PhD; A. Staszczak, MSc

• Economic and financial analyses of the food industry – J. Drożdż, MSc; I. Szczepaniak, PhD; M. Tereszczuk, MSc; M. Wigier, PhD
• The role of direct foreign investments in the Polish food industry and investment activity of the Polish food companies – Ł. Ambroziak, PhD; M. Bułkowska MSc

• Impact of globalization on the Polish food industry and its market environment – Associate Professor P. Chechelski, PhD, hab.; K. Kosior, PhD; R. Mroczek, PhD; A. Staszczak, MSc

VI Research on the agri-food markets – Head of the research team: Piotr Szajner, PhD

Research tasks:

• Situation and development of the meat market – D. Zawadzka, PhD; Associate Professor K. Świetlik, PhD, hab.; D. Pasińska, PhD; R. Mroczek, PhD; L. Mieszkowska, MSc
• Situation and development of the dairy market  – P. Szajner PhD; Associate Professor K. Świetlik, PhD, hab.; T. Zdziarska, MSc
• Situation and development of the poultry and eggs market – Associate Professor G. Dybowski, PhD, hab.; Associate Professor K. Świetlik, PhD, hab.; D. Pasińska, PhD; T. Zdziarska MSc
• Situation and development of the fish market – K. Hryszko, MSc; J. Drożdż, MSc
• Situation and development of the grain market – W. Łopaciuk, MSc; K. Rola, MSc; J. Drożdż, MSc; W. Dzwonkowski, MSc
• Situation and development of the animal feed market – W. Dzwonkowski, MSc; W. Łopaciuk, MSc; K. Rola, MSc
• Situation and development of the potato market – W. Dzwonkowski, MSc; I. Szczepaniak, PhD; T. Zdziarska, MSc
• Situation and development of the rape market – E. Rosiak, PhD; M. Wigier, PhD; M. Bodył, PhD; T. Zdziarska, MSc
• Situation and development of the sugar market –P. Szajner, PhD; K. Hryszko, MSc
• Situation and development of the fruit and vegetable market – Associate Professor B. Nosecka, PhD hab; A. Bugała, MSc; I. Szczepaniak, PhD
• Situation and development of the market of means of production –A. Zalewski, MSc; L. Mieszkowska, MSc
• Situation and development of the foreign trade in agri-food products –W. Łopaciuk, MSc; A. Bugała, MSc; W. Dzwonkowski, MSc; K. Hryszko, MSc; K. Rola, MSc; M. Bodył, PhD; D. Pasińska, PhD; A. Zalewski, MSc; P. Szajner, PhD; L. Mieszkowska MSc
• Situation and development of the demand for food – Associate Professor K. Świetlik, PhD, hab.; E. Rosiak, PhD; K. Hryszko, MSc; I. Strojewska, MSc; T. Zdziarska, MSc; L. Mieszkowska, MSc

VII Processes of the social development of rural areas and agriculture – Head of the research team: Professor Maria Alina Sikorska, PhD, hab.

Research tasks:

• Social conditions in the transformation of rural areas – Associate Professor A. Wrzochalska, PhD, hab.; M. Dudek, PhD;   B. Buks, MSc
• Differentiation of the family farms according to their activity in the market – B. Karwat-Woźniak, PhD; B. Buks, MSc; U. Maciejczyk-Kempińska, MSc
• The spatial policy in the rural development towards the cohesion of the EU regions – Associate Professor D. Kołodziejczyk, PhD, hab.; A. Wasilewski, PhD; Associate Professor M. Gospodarowicz, PhD, hab.; D. Lidke, MSc
• Development processes of local food schemes in the context of rural entrepreneurship changes – P. Chmieliński, PhD

VIII Analysis of the production and economic situation of agriculture and food economy – Head of the research team: Professor Andrzej Kowalski, PhD, hab.

IX  Polish horticulture in the Single European Market – Head of the research team: Associate Professor Bożena Nosecka, PhD, hab.

Research tasks: 

• Price proportions in the marketing chain of fresh and processed fruit and vegetables in Poland and the selected EU countries – P. Kraciński, MSc; I. Strojewska, MSc; T. Smoleński, MSc
• Mathematical and statistical methods in the analysis of the Polish horticultural sector – Ł. Zaremba, MSc
• Consumption of fruit and vegetables and their products in Poland against other EU countries – I. Strojewska, MSc; Associate Professor B. Nosecka, PhD, hab.
• Polish export of horticultural products after the introduction of the Russian embargo on transport of agri-food products from the EU– A. Bugała, MSc; Associate Professor B. Nosecka, PhD, hab.

X  Analytical aspects of proper management in agriculture and their implications for the agricultural policy – Head of the research team: Professor Włodzimierz Rembisz, PhD, hab.

Research tasks:

• Konkurencja monopolistyczna na rynkach produktów żywnościowych -  J. Kufel-Gajda, PhD; Associate Professor S. Figiel, PhD, hab.
• Market risk vs agricultural incomes – conditions – C. Klimkowski, PhD
• The development potential of the Polish farms in the context of the CAP impact – quantitative approach – J. Góral, PhD
• Decomposition of income effects of agricultural producers – A. Pawłowska, MSc
• Agricultural policy tools versus social well-being – A. Bezat-Jarzębowska, PhD