CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND MARKET IN POLAND AFTER 2004

The purpose of the article is an attempt to answer the question about the impact of covering agricultural holdings by the CAP instruments as well as the legal and institutional control of agricultural property turnover on the agricultural land market in Poland after 2004. The analysis covers non-market turnover, sale of agricultural land in private trading and from the State Treasury Stock and prices of agricultural land. The source literature, legal regulations and figures from the database of the Ministry of Justice, publications issued by the Statistics Poland, market analyses of the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – National Research Institute in Warsaw and the report on the activities of the National Support Centre for Agriculture 2020 were used in the study as the source material. The method of horizontal and vertical comparative analysis was applied to develop the collected material, assessing the given phenomenon in the years and by voivodships. The agricultural land market, both in terms of the number and value of transactions and prices, showed a strong upward trend. These processes, apart from the macroeconomic situation, were influenced by Poland’s accession to the EU and the financial benefits resulting from participation in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Legal regulations referring to the agricultural land market were also an important component. This market is characterized by regional diversification.