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industry,theirvariousformsoccurringinthePodkarpackieProvinceandtopres-
enttheopportunities,limitationsandprospectsfortheirexpansion.Theunder-
takenissuesareextremelyimportantinthisareaduetolargefragmentationof
farms.Thedevelopmentofexchangesandwholesalemarketsandtheenterprises
operatinginfoodindustrywillforcetheneedtoprovidelargebatchesofuniform,
high-qualityagriculturalproduce.Meetingtheserequirementsispossibledueto
variousformsofcooperationofagriculturalproducers,agri-foodprocessingunits,
aswellasotherunitsofagribusiness.
Specifyingtheessential,cognitiveobjectiveoftheresearch,therewereputfor-
wardhypotheseswhichwillbethesubjectoffurtherdetailedconsideration.The
conductedresearchwillaimatlogicalandempiricalverificationofthesehypoth-
esesinwhichitwasassumedthat:
—theentitiesoffoodindustryandagriculturalproducersenteringintointegra-
tionlinksaremorelikelytooffsetadversefluctuationsofthemarketgame
parameters;
—thereisapositivecorrelationbetweenthestateofadvancementandtheform
ofintegrationlinksandthelevelofcompetitivenessofagricultureandfood
processing;
—
thebarrierstotheparticipationofagriculturalproducersinintegrationlinks
arethecapabilitiesofquantitativeandqualitativereactionswhicharedeter-
minedbythelevelofincomegainedfromagriculturalproductionandthecon-
ditionsofthenaturalenvironment;
—thedevelopmentofinnovativeformsofintegrationlinksbetweenagriculture
andfoodindustryisdeterminedbymanyfactors,andinparticularbytheeco-
nomicconditionofthecompany/farm,thewilltocooperateandthelevelof
trustbetweenpotentialparticipantsoftheintegratedsystem;
—thenatureoftheregion,withaparticularlyhighshareofagriculture,isapos-
itiveconditionforthedevelopmentofclusterstructures,particularlyinthe
agri-foodsector;
—weaknessofintegrationlinksisabarriertofunctioninganddevelopmentof
processingintheanalyzedarea,thereisthereforeaneedforstrengtheningthe
marketpositionofagriculturalproducerswhichisseenintheexpansionof
clusterinitiatives,whichrequiressupportfromthegovernment,localgovern-
mentandagriculturalorganizations.
Researchhypotheseswereverifiedinthreepartswhichwerenotformallysep-
aratedinthestructureofthisstudy.Thefirstofthem,includingthefirstchapter,
isfocusedontheoreticalissuescharacterizingtheimportanceofintegrationlinks
infoodproductionanditpresentsdifferentformsofverticalandhorizontalinte-
grationinfoodeconomy.
Thesubjectofthediscussioncarriedoutinthesecondpartofthestudy,includ-
ingthesecondandthirdchapters,isanoverviewoftheconceptofinnovativeinte-
grationlinksandmainfactorsofdevelopmentofclusterinitiativesandstructures.
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