State interventionism in agriculture - rationale, goals, conditions

The paper presents justification of the state interventionism in agriculture. It discusses selected reasons, conditions and goals that have a determining influence on the state’s active involvement in the agricultural sector. Interventionism in agriculture is an element of the economic process that enables the agriculture to fulfil certain functions. Multifaceted analysis of the outcomes of intervening in agriculture has long been generating legitimate questions about the basis, effectiveness, form and scope of such measures. The paper presents the main arguments in favour of the need to continue an active and comprehensive state intervention in economic processes with regards to agriculture.