Agriculture of the European Union towards new megatrends

Andrzej Kowalski

Abstract: For several decades, we have been dealing with the beginning of a civilizational change. The world has moved from an industrial civilisation to a civilisation of knowledge (post-industrial, information-based civilisation). Fundamental changes are taking place in the structure of manufacturing resources, the rules of an economic game, the social stratification, etc. The world is much diversified in all spheres of human activities, but factors holding it together are equally strong. It is pressured by different cultural systems, diversified aims and strategies of individual countries, and also various private entities. They have at their disposal different forces and measures, which links to their economic and technical power that in turn translates into a diversity or even opposition of interests. In this context, agriculture and the whole food sector have to face challenges towards new megatrends related to new factors of economic growth and depletion of natural resources.

Keywords: agriculture; economic growth; economic policy; globalisation; natural resources; sustainable development

Date published: 2018-02-02