PROCESS OF SHAPING OF INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN POLAND

The primary objective of the study was to characterize the selected organisational units subordinate to and supervised by the Minister of Agriculture. The functioning of a total of 69 units, including 7 organisational units subordinate to the minister and 62 ones supervised by him, depends on this official. 11 ministerial bodies among them were included in the study. These units have the legal basis, such as acts, and are financed from the state budget. The analysed bodies were established to fulfil the functions of control, supervision and payment in the sphere of agriculture and rural areas. In total, the surveyed units employ 34.8 thousand people, including 2.8 thousand (7.9 %) at the central level, 18.2 thousand (52.2 %) in the provinces or regions, and 13.8 thousand (39.5 %) in the structures of the counties. The organisational units fulfil their role in the compliance with the EU legislation, especially in the sphere of activities covered by the Common Agricultural Policy.