In the period from 01 to 03 June 2009. in Sterdyn, Poland, held the International Conference entitled "Structural changes in the rural areas and agriculture in selected European countries", organized by Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
At the event was presented 17 scientific paper works in the 4 thematic section, from 14 countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Belarus, Serbia, Romania, Latvia, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Ukraine and Slovakia).

The aim of the conference which is organized as part of the multinacionalnog program "Economic and social development requirements in the food economy of Poland in accordance with the process of joining the European Union" is the analysis and tracking of all changes in the rural areas in the Central and Eastern European countries, in accordance with CAP policies.

The conference was opened by Prof. Andrzej Kowalski Ph. D., Director, IAFE-NRI from Warsaw, Poland, after which the participants took part in the presentation of their paper work.

Topics that presented at the conference:

• Common agricultural policy and regional differentiation of Polish agriculture, Prof.. Alina Sikorska Ph.D.; Agnieszka Wryochalska Ph.D.; Pawel Chmielinski, M.Sc. Institute of Agricultural and Food Economic-National Research Institute (Poland)
• The Structural changes in the rural areas and agriculture: the case of the Czech Republic, Prof.. Vera Majerova, Pavlin Marikova, Ph.D, Irena Herova, Ph.D, Czech University of Agriculture (Czech Republic)
• Structural changes and disadvantages of the agri-food sector and rural areas of Hungary, Norbert Potori, Ph.D; Csaba Pesti, Ph.D., Agricultural Economics Research Institute (Hungary)
• Regional differences of Bulgarian rural development, Prof.. Rumen Popov, Prof.. Ivanka Yanakieva, Prof.. Nona Malamanova, Prof.. Maria Atanasova, Institute of Agricultural Economics (Bulgaria)
• Socio-economic development and agricultural structures of Slovenian countryside, Matej Bedrač, Ph.D; Tomaž Cunder, Ph.D., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (Slovenia)
• Modern conditions and structural transformations in the development of agriculture and rural territories in Belarus, Prof. Aliksandar Kozakievich, Prof.. Anatoli Sajganov, Centre of Agrarian Economics (Republic of Belarus)
• Rural development in Serbia - Regional differences and problems, Prof. Drago Cvijanovic Ph.D., Branko Katic M.A., Natasa Kljajić M.Sc. Institute of Agricultural Economics, (Serbia)
• Czech rural and urban households - differences in incomes and living conditions, Prof. Emil Divila, Prof.. Tomaš Doucha, Prof. Vaclav Bašek, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (Czech Republic)
• The pesant household – on the way from survival to capitalism, Prof. Gabriel Popescu, The Bucharest Academz of Economic Studies (Romania)
• Two characteristics of Hungarian development, Prof. Ivan Benet, Zsolt Kiraly Ph.D. Agricultural Economics Research Institute (Hungary)
• Some issuees of CAP implementation in Latvia: regional inequality aspects, Prof. Ligita Melece, Prof. Arurs Praulins, Dina Popluga, Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics (Latvia)
• The future of the Common Agriculture Policy, Prof. Gerrit Meester, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (Netherlands)
• Geographical distribution and rural implications of food industry FDI in the new member states of the EU. Csaba Jansik, Ph.D.MTT Agri Food Research Finland (Finland)
• Diverse access to production factors as reason for unequal actor development in Romanian dairy sector, Jon H. Hanf, Ph.D., Agata Pieniadz, Ph.D., Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (Germany)
• Situation and future of the development of Ukrainian agro-food sector, Prof. Tetina Mostenska, Iryna Fedulova Ph.D., National University of Food Technologies (Ukraine)
• Milk quota and the Romanian farmers: a regional approach, Prof. Daniela Giurca, Prof Marioara Rusu, Prof. Mariana Grodea, Institute of Agricultural Economics-Bucharest, Romanian Academy (Romania)
• Modelling of multifunctionality of agriculture on a regional level – Slovak case, Prof. Andrea Pakackova, Prof. Marian Bozik, The Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics (Slovakia)

In front of the Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade their papr work presented Prof.. Drago Cvijanovic Ph.D. and Ms. Bojana Bekic in the 3rd section.