The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi) was formed in October 1999 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy of Poland; the ministry can trace its history to 1944. The Ministry's 1999 incarnation was brought about because development of rural regions was Poland's greatest political, economic, and social challenge that was uncontested by both coalition and opposition politicians.
retrieved on 17 December 2007. The ministry is concerned with various aspects of Polish

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and improving its

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areas. The current minister is

Henryk Kowalczyk Henryk Kowalczyk (; born 15 July 1956) is a Polish politician and teacher, who is serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development since 2021. He was first elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005. In ...

List of ministers

Ministers of Agriculture and Food Economy (1989–1999)

References

External links

Ministry web page in English
retrieved on 21 September 2012.
Country Report on Poland, European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture, July 2002
Retrieved 17 December 2007. 1999 establishments in Poland

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Poland, Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

Agriculture Ministers Poland, Agriculture Rural development ministries Agricultural organisations based in Poland

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