Produkcja żywności w gospodarce o zamkniętym obiegu – wybrane aspekty prawne
The Food Production in Circular Economy – Selected Legal Aspects

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to answer the question, what is the result of a reference assumptions concept of the circular economy to the common agricultural policy – to ensure food security. The concept of the circular economy includes agri-food sector and is aimed at optimizing production and consumption, which is not only about reducing the amount of waste, but on a global approach, philosophy, covering all possible stages and its elements and relationships between them. Farming relies on the biological cycle, which, in a special way, combines agriculture with the natural resources of the environment. In the agri-food chain, the agriculture coexists with the processing industries, for which supplies raw materials. Confrontation assumptions of the concept of circular economy with the objectives of the common agricultural policy shows the contradictions, lack of alternatives and the need of flexible approach as well as the admission of the principles of this concept in these areas of agricultural production, where it is possible to guarantee food security. On the other hand, increasing of the agricultural productivity with the respect of the natural resources, needs farmers’ better awareness of the soil fertilization.

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