Situation and development perspectives in Poland Dorota Metera, BIOEKSPERT Ltd.

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1 Situation and development perspectives in Poland Dorota Metera, BIOEKSPERT Ltd. Paris, 8 th March 2007

2 Certification body in organic registered in 1998 agriculture 20 permanent staff involved in the control and certification in 2007 controlled: 1183 farms 16 processing plants in inspections planned

3 Number of organic farms in ( 2006 and estimation)

4 Number and acreage of organic farms in *source: Bioekspert Sp. z o.o.

5 Organic agriculture in 2005 in Poland [ha] total acreage of organic Utilised Agriculture Area number of organic farms (certified and in-conversion) number of certified farms 23 [ha] average acreage of organic farm 99 number of certified processing plants *source: GIJHARS

6 Structure of organic area *source: GIJHARS, Bioekspert Sp. z o.o vegetables 5% orchards and berries 9% 1999 vegetables 2% orchards and berries 6% 2003 grassland 15% agriculture land 71% grassland 41% agriculture land 51% vegetables 1% orchards and berries 5% 2004 orchards and berries vegetables 7% 1% 2006 grassland 47% agriculture land 47% grassland 37% agriculture land 55%

7 source: Organic Centre Wales University of Wales Aberystwyth

8 CAP in Poland: SAPs and RDP payments for farmers SAP % SAP % SAP % LFA mountains LFA lowland I LFA lowland II AEP 100 /ha 110 /ha 120 /ha 80 /ha 44 /ha 66 /ha 100 /ha

9 Subsidies for the costs of inspection Decree of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 15 April 2004 r., Jo.of L. Nr 72, pos. 655 nov. 30 Mai 2005 Jo.of L. Nr 98, pos.831 Utilised Agriculture Area > 5 ha ha ha ha ha ha 180

10 Payments in the frame of Arienvironmental Programmes Package: Organic agriculture arable land (in-conversion) 174 /ha arable land (certified) 154 /ha permanent grassland (in-conversion) 85 /ha permanent grassland (certified) 67 /ha vegetables (in-conversion) 251 /ha vegetables (certified) 241 /ha orchards and berries (in-conversion) 462 /ha Orchards and berries (certified) 395 /ha

11 Certification system in Poland Institutions Minister of Agriculture authorises the certification bodies accredited for organic agriculture, according to the Polish Standard PN-EN to carry out inspections Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection (IJHAR-S) supervision over certification bodies, receives applications of producers, authorises imports of organic agricultural products from the third countries Certification bodies inspections and certification

12 Certification bodies in organic farming Agrobiotest Ltd. Bioekspert Ltd. EKOGWARANCJA PTRE Polish Centre for Testing and Certification, Office for Testing and Certification, Department in Piła Unit for Certification of Organic Production PNG COBICO Biocert

13 Certification system in Poland other institutions State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service Plant Protection Institute in Poznań Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Puławy Polish Centre for Accreditation issues permissions to use conventional seed and propagation material in organic agriculture qualifies plant protection products to be used in organic agriculture and maintains lists of these products qualifies fertilisers and soil conditioners to be used in organic agriculture and maintains lists of these fertilisers and soil conditioners accredits certification bodies for organic agriculture

14 Major changes in the organic agriculture after Poland s EU accession implementation of control system compliant with Council Regulation (EC) No 2092/91, certification system approved by the European Commission, and Polish certificates approved by the recipients of Polish products in 25 EU member states, possibility to label organic products with the Organic Agriculture logo, doubled in relation to subsidies from the Polish budget in the previous years, considerably greater workload for farmers, related to keeping records, not only due to duty resulting from regulation on organic agriculture, but also from the regulation 1257/99 on supporting rural development, growing demand for organic products

15 Marketing channels of organic products direct sell from the farm local street markets, exhibitions and fairs organic shops (appr. 300) supermarkets (only few) wholesalers (appr. 20) direct deliveries by farmers to private consumers processing plants export companies (Germany, Switzerland, USA) many farmers are selling organic products as conventional without organic premium (main problems: milk and meat)

16 Development framework and perspectives no Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming 3-years information campaing from November 2006 managed by the state Agency of Agriculture Market new Rural Development Plan for differents payments (less for berries orchards, more for potatoes and vegetables) cross-compliance from 2009 (problem for many farmers) growing demand because of interest of consumers and shop owners improving of processing growing import from Germany, Netherlands, Italy and thirdcountries growing willingness of farmers and processors to work together and establishing associations

17 Thank you for your attention