Component 1 of the Regoverning
Markets Programme
TOR for the Polish Team
Agata Malak-Rawlikowska
Regoverning Markets Workshop,
Warsaw 4-7.04.2006.
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Regoverning markets
C1 objectives - POLAND
• The key goal of the Component 1 in Poland
is to prepare evidence-based policy advice
concerning the implications and
opportunities for small dairy producers of
agro-food market restructuring and to
promote inclusiveness.
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Problems addressed in the
C1 research (1)
restructuring process that had taken place
during the transformation from centrally
planned economy
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• the research will include an analysis of an
inheritance of the socialistic system as well
as transition process accelerated by both:
accession to the European Union and by
global trends.
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Problems addressed in the
C1 research (2)
A broad spectrum of other issues covering:
- consolidation, multinationalisation and
institutional changes in dairy industry
- strategies undertaken at the farm level and
determinants of farmers’ behaviour;
- the linkages between producers, processors,
retailers/wholesalers and final consumers;
- power relationships within the chain and
government intervention.
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Organisation of the research
Three levels:
- macro (the policy issues and the national
business environment),
- meso (the different chain segments)
- micro (household level).
The linkages between these levels will be
also analysed.
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Tasks for the Polish Team
Module 1- MACRO
• Identification of key policy issues, broad
dairy supply chain issues and key
stakeholders - to set the context for Module
2 and 3.
(January - June 2006)
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Tasks for the Polish team
Module 2 – MESO
Study of product and factor market change
and institutional, social, and organizational
context at the community level
(January - June 2006)
Module 3 – MICRO
Farm-level analysis – (survey -local level)
(August 2006 - August 2007)
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Tasks for the Polish team
CASE STUDY (1)
• Comprehensive evaluation of successful case
of dairy sector development in the eastern
region of Poland (Podlasie region), including
socio-cultural environment of this part of
agriculture.
• A successful story of small farmers inclusion
in a relatively poor region will be analyzed;
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Tasks for the Polish team
CASE STUDY (2)
• The role of dairy sector in sustainable
development of agriculture and local
economy on the example of Mazury-lake
area, which is an important dairy region
in Poland.
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Tasks for the Polish team
CASE STUDY (3)
• Analysis of a new phenomenon, which is a
cross-border integration of milk producers
and milk processing plants between Poland
and Germany.
• This issue will be a valuable contribution
into an analysis of an impact of the
European Union integration.
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A preliminary structure
of the Final Report (1)
1. General characteristics of the dairy sector in
Poland (Jerzy Wilkin)
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Socialist legacy
Stages of the sector evolution
Current situation
Research methodology
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A preliminary structure
of the Final Report (2)
2. Dairy market regulation in Poland (before and
after EU accession) (Agata Malak-Rawlikowska)
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Market support measures
Direct support measures
Supply control measures
Quality norms concerning dairy production at the
farm level
Evolution of the budget for dairy market support
(1989-2005)
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A preliminary structure
of the Final Report (3)
3. Changes in the dairy sector structure
(Agata Malak-Rawlikowska, Jan Fałkowski)
– Dairy producers, Food processing sector,
Wholesaling sector, Retailing sector (situation at
national, regional and local levels)
– The role of demand factors (including export
orientation)
– The role of supply factors (FDI, consolidation,
technological transformation)
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A preliminary structure
of the Final Report (4)
4. Institutional arrangements of dairy sector changes in the governance of dairy sector
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(Jerzy Wilkin, Dominika Milczarek)
Institutional and organizational transformation
(managerial, and organizational practices/behavior);
Corporate relations, power relationship, and
contracting arrangements
Collective actions at the local and regional levels and
interest groups
Social and cultural determinants
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A preliminary structure
of the Final Report (5)
5. Implications for small/medium producers and
rural laborers of the restructuring of the food
Industry (Dominika Milczarek, Jan Fałkowski)
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Small farmers position on traditional and restructured
markets – adjustment problems (e.g. net incomes and
entry requirements)
Collective actions at the local level
Market strategies of farmers
Incentives and requirements in contracts related to new
contract schemes
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A preliminary structure
of the Final Report (6)
6. Case studies (Jerzy Wilkin, Dominika Milczarek,
Agata Malak-Rawlikowska, Jan Fałkowski)
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Development of dairy sector in Podlasie region;
The role of dairy sector in sustainable development of
agriculture and local economy (an example of
Mazury-lake area);
Cross-border integration between Poland and
Germany.
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A preliminary structure
of the Final Report (1)
7. Policy implications and recommendations
(Jerzy Wilkin)
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The role of dairy sector in sustainable development
of agriculture and local economy
Changing dairy market regime in the EU and its
implications for Poland
Scenarios of the sector development
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The end
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