In 2016 Poland’s agricultural sector including hunting, forestry and fishing accounted for 2.38% of GDP and 16% of total employment. The gross value added (GVA) of the sector reached PLN 44.23bn, up 11.6% y/y. There were 2.391mn employees working in the agriculture sector, which is highly fragmented with 74.6% of farms having an area of under 10 ha. Farms with over 15 ha of land make up 15.2% of all Polish farms, but use 60.6% of the agricultural area. Poland is a significant EU agricultural producer. It was the largest producer of apples, the second-largest producer of potatoes and the third-largest producer of cereals in 2016. According to estimates by the statistics office, in 2017 the cereal harvest reached 32.21mn tonnes, 8% higher y/y.

01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

02 SECTOR FORECAST

03 SECTOR IN FOCUS

04 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

05 COMPANIES IN FOCUS

06 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

07 CROP PRODUCTION

08 ANIMAL PRODUCTION