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Abstract
Paper is aimed in assessment of first period of Poland’s membership in EU and covering
agriculture and rural areas with the support under the Common Agricultural Policy in the
context of future challenges faced by the agricultural policy. Analysis shows that
accession to EU became a strong impulse for growth of the Polish food economy,
however the main challenge for the Common Agricultural Policy in future, from
Poland’s perspective, will be strengthening the multifunctional agriculture, i.e. territorial
cohesion and positive effects of agricultural activity on natural environment.