Page 11 - Active Export e-Program - The Polish Agricultural Sector: potatoes

Current Changes

• more restrictions regarding origin and • over the next three years all potatoes
marking, including labeling with a flag of used for planting will have to come from
the country of origin; quality seeds;

• obligation to correctly utilize early • all farm gained seeds will be subject to
potatoes with loose and set skins; obligatory testing for diseases by State
plant health and seed inspection
• a significant increase in penalties for
breaches of production and marketing • higher support from the Goverment for
rules, even up to 10% of annual sales; using quality seed potatoes

• very high penalties for farmers planting • support for farms where patogens are
untested farm saved seed material; found

• an increase in the controls for health, • simplification of utilisation of infected
labeling and quality in the potato trade; potatoes – biogas and industrial starch
factories
• very high penalties for the illegal import
and export to/from Poland; • intensive training program for bio-
assurance and production hygiene
• Government support and promotion
programs for official export of high
quality, healthy potatoes;

• a Government program with EU support
for building proffesional ventilated and
air-conditined storage facilities,
equippted with sorting and packaging
lines.

Poland’s current productionlevel and forecasts

SEASON 2018 2019 2025

Production area level in thousands of ha 315 320 350

Total number of producers in thousands 330 290 90

Total number of professional farms in 12 14 75
thousands
(45%) (52%) (83%)
and their share in the total production area in %

Medium yield in tons/ha 30,5 32 35

Total yield in millions of tons 9,61 9,92 11,2

Official export level in
thousands of tons 55 75 1000

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