On 23-25 November 2014, an international scientific conference entitled "Economy versus the environment - competitiveness or complementarity" was held in Jachranka, near Warsaw. The conference are conducted under the Multi-Annual Programme 2015-2014 "The Polish and the EU agricultures 2020+. Challenges, chances, threats, proposals". The event was organised by the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute.

Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute (IERiGŻ-PIB), Warszawa, Poland, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), Budapest, Hungary, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (ČZU), Praha, Czech Republic, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (SPU), Nitra, Slovakia hereby invite to XIII European Rural Development Network Conference: The central-eastern EU model for competitive and sustainable agriculture and rural development Zakopane, Poland, 18-21.10.2015 r.

8th Annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Value Chain in a Dynamic Environment that will take place in Verona, Italy September 16-18, 2015

On 3rd December 2014 the Institute was visited by the delegation from the Republic of Adjara, an autonomous republic of Georgia. Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Adjara, Agro Service Center and Adjara TV were members of this delegation and Ioseb Abuladze, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Adjara, was the head of this delegation. The purpose of the visit in the Institute was to become familiar with the fields of research conducted in the Institute and sources and methods of collecting data on socio-economic situation in the agriculture and rural areas.

On 26-28 November 2014, an international scientific conference entitled "The CAP and competitiveness of the Polish and European food sectors" was held in Holiday Inn hotel in Józefów, near Warsaw. The conference summed up the four-year research conducted under the Multi-Annual Programme "The competitiveness of the Polish food economy in the conditions of globalisation and European integration". The event was organised by the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute.

President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Bronisław Komorowski on June 26, 2014 honoured professor Andrzej Kowalski, Director of the IAFE-NRI, with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Professor Andrzej Kowalski was decorated in recognition of achievements in research and teaching for the development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland. The Order of Polonia Restituta (Polish: Order Odrodzenia Polski) was established in 1921 and is one of Poland's highest Orders.

IAFE-NRI in cooperation with Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (Agrárgazdasági Kutató Intézet - AKI) w Budapest, Hungary, developed comprehensive, comparative analysis of the Hungarian and Polish food sectors during the period of adaptation to the single European market. The aim of the study was to draw conclusions that would be useful for research, business practice and for the desing of future agricultural policies.

On May 12-14, 2014 Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute organised international conference entitled "Achievements and challenges in the food sector and rural areas during the 10 years after EU enlargement".

Institute of Agricultural Economics in Belgrade is organising the International Scientific Conference "SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA STRATEGIC GOALS REALIZATION WITHIN THE DANUBE REGION" - rural development and (un)limited resources - which will take place in Tara, Serbia, June 4-7, 2014.

On 9-11 December 2013, in Jachranka international conference was held "The new EU agricultural policy - continuation or revolution?" Conference was organized by the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute.