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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSA1.11. PolandA1.11.1. OverviewThe Polish egg production and laying hen sector is generally dispersed countrywide, with someimportant regional concentrations. Approximately 10% of the laying hens produced by Polishbreeders are domestic varieties 113 which tend to be used in extensive production systems, with theremaining share being specialist foreign breeds destined for intensive caged production systems. Inrecent years, Polish egg producers have shown an increased interest in hen varieties suitable foralternative production systems.According to the National Centre of Animal Breeding (NCAB), around two-thirds of the nationalbreeding stock is located on large-scale farms. In recent years, the number of breeding hens hasdeclined for less intensive production systems has been falling faster than those for intensive systems.This suggest that there has been a decrease in the number of laying hens owned by rural householdsand consequently a decline in the volume of extensive egg production (free range) among ruralhouseholds.This is confirmed by data relating to structural change in the Polish egg industry in recent yearswhich shows a decline in the share of small-scale egg production units in favour of large-scaleoperations. This has reduced the effects of seasonal fluctuation of egg supply, although there are stillregular peaks and lows in egg production.In the early 1990s, egg production in Poland was dominated by co-operatives situated close to urbancentres. The largest private company was AGROFIRMA, which had a 25% market share. Since then,the number and market share of large private companies has increased substantially. There has alsobeen an increase in the number of medium-sized farms with between 0.4 million and 0.9 million layinghens, while smaller producers have organised themselves into several producer groups in order tomeet market requirements (mainly due to supermarkets demanding regular supplies of fresh eggs).In the second half of the 1990s, there was a substantial increase in output by the Polish eggprocessingsector, which increased in volume terms by approximately 15 times. Several new eggprocessing enterprises emerged and by 2002, there were 14 large egg processors in Poland. Thelargest company is OVOPOL, located in Nowa Sol (Lower Silesia), followed by WEKO POLSKA andBASSO.113 According to Dr K Cywa-Benko, Polish Breeding Institute at Balice, cited in “Analiza przekrojowa rynku drobiu I ja do 2005 roku”, page57. (eng. Analysis and outlook on poultry and egg market by 2005).255

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