Food Production Security in Times of a Long-Term Energy Shortage Crisis: The Example of Poland

Jacek Buko, Jarosław Duda and Adam Makowski
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Jacek Buko: Institute of Spatial Management and Socio-Economic Geography, Department of Economic Policy and Socio-Economic Geography, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland
Jarosław Duda: Institute of Management, Department of Decision Support Methods and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Szczecin, Cukrowa 8, 71-004 Szczecin, Poland
Adam Makowski: Institute of History, University of Szczecin, Krakowska 71-79, 71-017 Szczecin, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-12

Abstract: In countries with industrialized agriculture, the contribution of fossil energy equals or exceeds the energy provided to society in food. Poland is one of the countries which, in the absence of its own sufficient oil and gas resources, is forced to import these fossil fuels in order to benefit from modern solutions in the field of food production and distribution. This situation poses a serious threat to food security if there is a prolonged shortage of energy from such sources. Using the example of Poland, the following were identified: the causes and level of agricultural dependence on fossil fuels, energy threats to agriculture and energy source alternative to fossil fuels. The results of these considerations indicate that Poland is not a country that has irretrievably lost its ability to restore its food self-sufficiency in the event of loss of access to external sources of fossil fuels.

Keywords: food security; agriculture; fossil fuels; energy security threats (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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