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CHAPTER2.
AGRIBUSINESSTHETERM,ITSSCOPEANDSPECIFICITY
Agribusinessasexaminedfromtheperspectiveofthedepartment-and-branchstruc-
tureencompassestofollowing:
fishing;
products;
thefoodindustry;
agriculturefocusedontheproductionofresourcesusedforfoodproduction;
forestry,whichalsoprovidesresourcesusedforfoodproductionorfinishedfood
thefoodindustryfocusedonprocessingagriculturalresourcesandongastronomy;
industriesmanufacturingmeansofproductionandservicesforagricultureand
tradeinagriculturalrawmaterialsandfinishedfoodproducts(wholesaleand
retailtrade,marketing);
servicesforagribusiness(financial,transport,communication,information,
construction,education,consulting).
2.2.Ahistoricalperspectiveonagribusiness
Fromahistoricalperspective,intheearlyphasesofsocialandeconomicdevelopment
foodwasprovidedprimarilybyagriculture.Lateron,newactivitiesaroseinthisprocess,
suchasagri-foodprocessing,trade,servicesandmanufacturing,aswellascraftsmanship
providingthemeansofproductionforagricultureandfoodindustry.Withtime,these
separatistfoodproductionprocessesbegantointegrate,formingmodernagribusiness
encompassingthreesegments:
industriesmanufacturingmeansofproductionforagricultureandtheagri-food
industry;
agriculture;
theagri-foodindustry3.
Insummary,agribusinessisasubsystemofthenationaleconomy,technologically,
financially,legallyandorganizationallylinkingallofthebranchesinvolvedinthepro-
ductionofagriculturalrawmaterials,processinganddistributionoffoodandderivative
products.
Agribusinesscanalsobedefinedasabranchofknowledge,scientificresearchand
academicteaching.Thisconcernsprimarilytheassessmentofthechangesinthepres-
enceofagribusinessinthenationaleconomy,itsstructureandcontrolmechanisms.
Figure2.1presentsabranchstructurediagramofPoland’sagribusiness.
Agribusinessisasubsystemofthenationaleconomy,whichcontributestothegross
nationalproduct.Thisproductiscreatedbyallbranchesconstitutingagribusiness.
However,oneshouldnotethattheirimpactonthenationalGDPdiffers.Simplifying
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