CONDITIONS OF POLISH SOVEREIGNTY WITH REGARD TO PLANT FEED PROTEIN SUPPLY

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the main factors contributing to the limited physical self-sufficiency of the country in terms of plant protein supply for feed purposes, as well as to indicate the directions of possible actions leading to the improvement of this situation in Poland. Selected methods of descriptive statistics, substitution calculation and descriptive and comparative analysis were used to compile the numerical data. In the summary, it is concluded that the main market factor contributing to the reduction of the country’s physical self-sufficiency in plant protein is the progressive globalisation processes that are seen in Poland both in the sphere of feed production and in pig rearing. It was also recognised that European Union policy measures such as the “Agricultural Green Deal” strategy could result in an increase in the volume of domestically produced protein crops in Poland, which would increase the country’s security of supply of plant protein for feed purposes. It was also stated that in view of the ineffectiveness of market-based measures in developing protein crop production in the country, the government could intervene to introduce a plant protein indicator target to activate the market for this raw material.