Poland
Summary
The average size of a farm in Poland is about 7.8 ha active surface. Half of all farms practice only or mainly subsistence farming. Poland is one of the biggest swine producers (2007: ca. 20 millions). Many enterprises are “mixed” farms so the concrete number of employees is not detectable.
Training is mainly accomplished by state schools. There are good occupational training possibilities to the point of scientific facilities which deal with pig breeding issues. Despite the high unemployment rate there is a big lack of qualified labor in this sector as the image of pig breeding is very low.
