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Polish Presidency in the EU
Meeting participants
visiting the Jaworek
vineyards
sleds have been gathered here. Granary building
dates from the eighteenth century and is a
part of manor farm buildings complex.
Further the delegation went to Miękinia to
visit the vineyard Jaworek, which was founded
in 2001. It is a family vineyard, where traditions
are cultivated dating back to the thirteenth
century. The vineyard grows over 30 grape varieties
of best species. Nearby, a winery is located,
in which excellent grape wine brands are produced
on the basis of grapes obtained from the
plantation.
The last point of the site reconnaissance was
the visit to the farm Lesieniec, which was founded
in 1997 on the base of the State Treasury land.
The history of the Farm in Lesieniec goes back
to the eighteenth century. After 1945, lands
were taken away from the owners and state
farms were set up. Today the farm is engaged
in breeding pure blood Arabian horses. Guests
viewed presentation of horses which have already
won championships and vice championships,
shows of vaulting and horse racing. The
ministers could also take a look at interesting
ways of fishing on the
farm’s ponds. The largest
carp landed weighed
14 kg. There were also
presented regional products:
honey, homemade
meats, cucumbers, lard,
fruits, stuffed eggs, cheese and jam.
Summarizing site visits Minister Sawicki said:
“We showed our guests a variety of agriculture
ranging from scientific achievements, through
the vines, experimental in our climate, and ending
with stud formed on the base of manorial
lands taken after 1945 by the State and submitted
to the State Farm, now successful in the field
of breeding pure blood Arabian horses”.
On the second day of the Informal Council,
chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development Marek Sawicki, a plenary session
was held on the future of promotion policy of agri-food
products in the EU and third countries in
view of ongoing work on the announced by the
European Commission “Green Paper on the promotion
and information about agricultural products”.
The meeting was attended by Ministers for
Agriculture and Fisheries of the EU and candidate
countries, EU Commissioner for Agriculture
and Rural Development, Head of the Committee
on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European
Parliament, the Director General of the
General Secretariat of the Council, representatives
of agricultural organizations Copa, Cogeca
and Young Farmers, together with the accompanying
delegations.
During the press conference, Commissioner
for Agriculture and Rural Development
Dacian Ciolos
said: “Fair distribution
of direct payments is a
matter essential to the
future of the CAP”.
While the Chairman of the Agriculture and
Rural Development of the European Parliament
Paolo De Castro stressed that the 12 th October is
a day to launch a debate on the future of the CAP.
“Now we meet and we talk so that we will be prepared
for it and could effectively carry it out”, said
Chairman De Castro.
The direction of discussions within the plenary
session was set by the document prepared by
the Presidency on the basis of the Green Paper,
containing three questions relating to the objectives
that the promotion and information policy
is to implement on the internal and external
market, and measures for their implementation.
The exchange of views focused mainly on promotion
and information activities that should
be implemented to strengthen the position of
European agriculture, the role of Member States
and the European Commission in the selection
of programs co-financed within the mechanism
of promotion, as well as the level of co-financing.
The participants of meeting agreed that efforts
should be made to develop a common concept of
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Autumn 2011