The enlargement of the European Union to include Ukraine is becoming not only possible but necessary from a geopolitical standpoint. One of the greatest challenges accompanying this process is the integration of Ukrainian agriculture into the EU’s single market. This issue is the focus of mBank-CASE Notebook No. 182/2025, which is the outcome of the seminar titled “Polish and Ukrainian Agriculture in a Common Europe”, held on September 26, 2024.
The seminar featured prominent experts, including agricultural economists Wawrzyniec Czubak (Poznań University of Life Sciences), Sławomir Kalinowski (Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences), Grzegorz Kozieja (BNP Paribas Bank Polska), as well as practitioner Grzegorz Brodziak, who manages the agricultural company Goodvalley Agro S.A. (which he discusses in an annex to his text).
The notebook includes texts prepared especially for the seminar and subsequently refined for this publication.
In their analyses, the experts examine key differences between EU and Ukrainian agriculture—stemming from distinct natural, structural, regulatory, and socio-political conditions—and highlight the changes and investments needed on both sides. Special attention is given to the need for modernization and greater competitiveness of the Polish agricultural sector in the context of opening the market to cheaper Ukrainian raw materials.
The publication also addresses issues such as the EU’s strategic food autonomy, the need to increase the budget of the Common Agricultural Policy, and the development of infrastructure necessary for the reception and transit of Ukrainian agricultural products.
