ACTUAL STATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF LEGUME CULTIVATION IN POLAND

Abstract

The aim of this article was to present the actual state and prospects for growing legume in Poland. Source material for study was mass statistics data published by the Central Statistical Office, reports of Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics and the results of the Multi-annual Program implemented in 2011-2015 and in 2016-2020. The analysis covered the years 2010-2017. In 2017, the area covered by legume crops totaled 272 thousand ha. However, the share of these crops in the cropping pattern exceeds only 2.5%. Legumes are characterized by a low level of commodity, which is caused by marginalization in the country of the market of protein raw material from native legumes. Increasing the interest of farmers in the production of legume seeds may take place through the creation of an appropriate market structure in the field of trade and use of legume seeds, which would facilitate too and create opportunities for cooperation with feed processing plants null