On Wednesday, 8 January, in the Ministry of Agriculture and Development of Villages held the first consultation meeting on the creation of a new definition of active farmer. Involved in this participation by farmers’ unions. However, as has appeared, the project presented to them is far from their expectations. The majority of organizations
present at the meeting have spoken about it negatively.
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Zbonikowski: new definition will not bring any good
– Solidarity is against the new definition of active farmer, says in conversation with editor Farmer Lukasz Zbonikowski, President of National Revolutionary Agricultural Cooperatives Production, member of NSZZ Farmers Individual Solidarity. – She does not does any good, does solve any problem, does not ease the worker, any farmer, any official. There is today a lenient version of the active farmer, a sufficient – signifier.
As Substresses Zbonikowski, the new definition will be another obstacle for farmers and will lead to decades of controversy, often provoked by donos neighborhoods.
We are for that, to order both the affairs of farmers as and their leases through incentives, same positive things, that it would just pay off, that there would be facilitation, and not on the premise, sanction, punishment – adds in conversation with the editor. – This is decent and even unconstitutional. None of the functioning organizations for years has supported these ideas. None. There have obviously been some young people, who maybe some from inexperience slightly look at the development of their farm.
As the president of KZRRSP stresses, the new definition of active farmer will be a big limitation for small farms, which does not always want to develop, but to cultivate the land or continue to farm only in the present, small size.
Do not build develop large farms at the cost of small ones,because in a few years it may become that someone other at the table will sit and that the larger has no sense, to exist. That in considering Mercosur or Ukrainian farms or even Czech farms are necessary. Too small – convinces in conversation with the editor. – If effectively would this legislation come into use, that would mean that at at least half million farmers would
stop be farmers. No that they would go to enroll in the Office of Labor. Is
really the Polish state and this government prepared for something like that? I think, that it is not.
I may have harmed more than just from this – convinces.
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The current definition is a compromise, which should remain
Zbonikowski stresses also, that the functioning definition of active farmer is a compromise, which should be respected.
For two years there has been a definition. And it has also aroused controversy. It has been consulted in the Sejm. It was not so, that it went without consultation. There was a compromise and there is what there is to spoil. Because someone wants to shorten the farm, and at the same time, with a light hand extends the leases by thousand hectares to companies even with foreign capital. Not giving to farmers. Is this fair? Does this improve the scenery in the countryside? In my opinion no. A can take from the Western states the richest? May encourage the union of farmers to cooperatives? There is more efficient, better use of machinery and people, no that so many machinery parks to buy.and there is a related and better profitability. Less risk also in a shaky market. If we have some big farmers together acting. Let learn to cooperate. And these laws, no unfortunately, foster arguments. They lead to more egoism. I do not believe, that the current ministry intentionally does – adds.
Zbonikowski returnsalso attention to the additional burden that the entry of the new definition causes for employees of Agency Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture.
Employees of ARiMR are truly the most overworked people from
state offices. They have non stop something done. And now they would get investigative tasks, that about
millions of farmers inspect, whether they are on their own field. for what we arethat?-he asks.
The nexttourofconsultationondefinitionofactivefarmeristobeheldon13January.TheyaretoparticipateinrepresentativesofODRs,institutesandARiMR.15January,inWarsawCenterDialoguewiththeministeronthisissuewillmeetrepresentativesoffarmers.
