CHANGES IN CONSUMPTION OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT IN POLAND OVER THE YEARS 1973–1986

This paper presents the changes in consumption of vegetables and fruit in employees’ families covered by budget investigations by the Main Statistical Office.
Those families make up the greatest group of urban population and represent what is called "market consumption".

The investigations covered the time of social-economic changes in our country.

As has been observed, the demand for vegetables and fruit has grown over the recent years.
However, at the same time there still is a great differentiation of consumption between social-economic groups of families, regions of Poland, there also occur, seasonal changes, etc.
Consumption of vegetables and fruit in Poland is determined by home production.
Import makes up only a small fraction.

X International Symposium on Horticultural Economics

M. PRZEDPELSKA, Z. ZIELINSKA

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1988.223.51