
The article attempts to analyse the evolution of the significance of social insurance for farmers in the context of the impact regarding changes in the agrarian and generational structure in Polish agriculture. This is particularly important in reference to the recent amendment to provisions relating to farmers’ social insurance, referring to waiving the obligation to cease agricultural activity after acquiring the right to an agricultural pension in order to pay out this benefit in full. It can be concluded that the objectives of agricultural policy pursued so far by means of the above-mentioned regulations, have been abandoned. Therefore, a question arises as to whether these objectives have been achieved or whether there has been a change in relation to the existing agricultural policy and, as a consequence, the amendment in question has taken place. Even though it is possible to come across the view that in Poland, the biggest challenges of the agricultural policy should include stimulating the processes of concentration, and therefore improving the area structure of agricultural holdings and rationalising employment in agriculture, rather than supporting the process of generational change. Bearing in mind that the provisions on farmers’ social insurance generally supported the process of generational change, perhaps it would be justified to search for new solutions aiming at achieving the objectives of agricultural policy – such that should now be put before farmers’ social insurance.
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