The Influence of the Common Agricultural Policy on the Resilience of Farming Systems in Poland

The author’s original research makes it possible to verify the usefulness of the dynamic concept of resilience proposed in the book for evaluating planning processes and assessing implementation activities within public policies. In this sense, Maritkainen’s book makes a significant contribution to the practical aspects of implementing EU agricultural policies and, more broadly, EU cohesion policies. What is novel – at least in the context of the Polish academic environment – is the formulation of a theoretical framework for describing the resilience of agricultural systems and the application of research methods originally rooted in environmental studies, creatively expanded to include economic aspects. Prof. Krystian Heffner, University of Economics in Katowice The book brings new value to the debate on the resilience of agricultural systems by combining the perspective of public policy, systems analysis, and qualitative research. The use of the ResAT and bottom-up approach in the Polish context of fruit and vegetable farms is unique and serves as an inspiration for further research. Dr. Agnieszka Poczta-Wajda, Associate Professor, Poznań University of Economics and Business