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INTRODUCTION
Agribusinessisapartofeconomywhereisthegreatestpotentialfordevelop-
mentofanyintegrationlinks.Integrationprocessesinagribusinessgiveriseto
advantagesandcertainlimitationsinthedecisionmakingprocess.Theycanbe
consideredfromthepointofviewoftheintegratorandintegratedfarmers,but
alsofromthepointofviewofintegrationsystems(verticalandhorizontal)andthe
entitiesoutsidethesesystems,e.g.processingplantsnotengagedincontractual
verticalintegrationorthefarmersoutsidetheproducergroup.
Intheeffectivedevelopmentoffarmsintheregionandlocalfoodindustry
unitstheimportantroleisplayedbyintegrationrelationsthemoreadvancedthey
are,thebetterthedevelopmentoftheseentities.Adaptationtothemarketecon-
omyandtheintegrationlinksoccurringbetweentheabove-mentionedentitiescan
takemanyformsandcanproceedatadifferentpaceandinanumberofways.The
courseoftheseprocessesdependsonmanyfactorssuchasthesizeofthefarmand
thestructureoflanduse,thepurposeanddirectionofproduction,theproduction
capacityofthefoodindustry,therulesofconductinrelationsbetweenthepartic-
ipantsofmarketrelations,thescopeandintensityofstateinterventionandsoon.
ThemembershipofPolandintheEuropeanUnionsignificantlyaffectsthe
situationofagriculturalcommoditiesproducersandprocessorsandmanyother
economicentities.TheaccessiontotheEUisassociatedwiththeincreaseofcom-
petitionintheagri-foodmarket,bothfromproducersoftherawmaterialaswell
asfromitsprocessors.ThechancesofPolandonthemarketsofothermember
statesshouldbesoughtinreducingtheimpactoflargefragmentationoffarms
ofagriculturalproducersthroughthecreationofstructuresintegratingfarmers,
enablingrationalizationofproductionandmarketingofagriculturalproducts.It
isevidentthatproperdevelopmentofprocessesofverticalandhorizontalintegra-
tioncanhelptoachieveabettermarketpositionofthePolishproducersofagri-
foodproducts.
Conductingtheresearch,dataanalysis,elaborationofresults,preparationand
translationofthisstudywasdonewithintherealizationoftheauthor’sindivid-
ualresearchprojectentitled:“Determinantsofdevelopmentofinnovativeforms
ofintegrationlinksbetweenagricultureandfoodindustry”fundedbyNarodowe
CentrumNauki(NationalScienceCentre)(DEC-2011/01/D/HS4/03911).
Thesubjectofresearch,andalsotheaimofthisstudyistoanalyzethedeter-
minantsofthedevelopmentofintegrationlinksbetweenagricultureandfood
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