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Agri-Food Sector in Poland: The Need for Innovation Policy Support

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  • Adam Wasilewski

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland)

  • Marcin Gospodarowicz

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

The research objective of this paper is a preliminary justification of the need to support the transfer of innovations to the food-processing sector. Another objective of the study is also to determine changes in the last period in policies to improve innovativeness and induced by them changes in legislation related to the innovation transfer system. The basis for the research was studied literature, especially in the field of main stream economics, New Institutional Economics, public choice theory. The empirical material for analysis was the statistical data of the Central Statistical Office (GUS) for the years 2010-2013. The findings show that in the case of food processing sector the efficient policy support in innovation transfer seems to be needful. Conducted research also shows that it is very urgent issue.

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  • Adam Wasilewski & Marcin Gospodarowicz, 2016. "Agri-Food Sector in Poland: The Need for Innovation Policy Support," International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 5, pages 35-44.
    • Handle: RePEc:aes:icafee:v:5:y:2016:p:35-44
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