Publisher's Synopsis
This work contains the proceedings of the Third Round Table of the EAAP Task Force on Animal Production in Eastern Europe. The objective of this Round Table was to review the livestock situation in Central and Eastern European countries, in particular, in Poland. A second objective was to study in depth the problems related to the privatization of state farms in Poland and to discuss the changes which have taken place in the Polish livestock sector.;The text should provide information for researchers and managers in governmental organizations and private companies on the new structures in the livestock sector in Eastern Europe, on the adaption of the meat industry and trade to EC and Western European standards, as well as on the boosting effects these changes have on the activities of the meat companies and those involved in the export of products of animal origin.
