On 23-25 November 2016 took place an international conference entitled "Risk in the food economy - theory and practice" in Jachranka, near Warsaw. The Conference was organized under the Multi-Annual Program 2015-2019 "The Polish and the EU agricultures 2020+. Challenges, chances, threats, proposals" by the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute.

In recent years we have witnessed the emergence of alternative food supply chains and markets due to important changes in consumer perceptions of food and farming. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) can act as a driver of change and a method to increase sustainability, trust, equality and growth in agricultural and food sectors, but also more generally benefit business development in rural areas, as well as have positive social and health related outcomes. SFSCs include different practices such as farmers? markets, on-farm sales, consumer cooperatives, direct internet sales, etc.

Budapest, 3-5 October 2016. Almost 80 participants representing 36 institutions from 13 countries met in Budapest during 14th ERDN Conference: Knowledge sharing and innovation in agriculture and rural areas.

On 26-27th September two representatives of the IAFE-NRI - Paweł Chmieliński and Barbara Wieliczko participated in a kick-off meeting launching implementation of the PERCEIVE project. PERCEIVE - Perception and Evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the Values of Europe - is a project implemented within the EU Horizon 2020 (grant no.: 693529). The project was launched in September 2016 and its implementation will end in September 2019. The project's consortium includes: The University of Bologna (UNIBO) - project leader, The University of Gothenburg (UGOT), Romanian Academy - Institute of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute (IAFE-NRI), University of Barcelona, University of Portsmouth, Vienna University of Economics and Business and BAM! Strategie Culturali.

On 29 September 2016, the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute hosted a meeting with a delegation of seven scientists from the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (RDI CASS), Beijing.

In 26-28 September 2016, Institute of Agriculture and Food Economics - NRI abreast of Warsaw University of Life Sciences and Selcuk University from Turkey organized a conference: 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment.

Directeur, Conseil Scientifique et tous les employés d'Institute sont bouleversés par l'attentat a Nice. Nous envoyons notre sympathie aux familles des victimes.

On 22-24 June 2016 took place an international conference entitled "Competitiveness of the economy in the context of social policy measures" in Jachranka, near Warsaw. The Conference was organized under the Multi-Annual Program 2015-2019 "The Polish and the EU agricultures 2020+. Challenges, chances, threats, proposals" by the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute.

Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Warsaw University of Life Sciences. and Selcuk University are pleased to invite you to take part in the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment (3rd ICSAE), which will be held in Warsaw between September 26-28, 2016. This is an event for researchers, scholars, engineers, resources managers, students, policy-makers, and all those interested in agricultural and environmental sciences. The conference provides great opportunity to network with colleagues worldwide to share knowledge and experience on teaching and research in agricultural and environmental area.

On 24th February 2016 the Institute was visited by the delegation from the Zhejiang Province in the People’s Republic of China. The delegation was presided by prof. Zhu Li Ming, director of Macroeconomic Research Institute of Zhejiang Province Development and Reform Commission.  The delegation visited the Institute to get familiar with the development of the Polish agriculture and agri-food industry. From the Institute’s side in the meeting participated: prof. dr. hab....