We equalise the pension rights of farmers with those insured in ZUS

Today, pension amounts from the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund

(KRUS) and ZUS differ significantly. Currently, the amount of KRUS pension is determined based on the so-called basic pension. With the new solution, the indexation method of agricultural pensions will change, by linking the amount of the basic KRUS pension to the amount of the lowest ZUS pension. If a farmer has worked for 25 years, they will be entitled to receive an agricultural pension equal to the amount of the minimum ZUS pension.

In addition, it will be possible to obtain a supplement to agricultural pensions. This will be provided by a compensation mechanism for the payment of double and additional pension insurance contributions for:

• conducting, in addition to agricultural activity, non-agricultural business activity;
• conducting agricultural activity in an agricultural holding of more than 50 ha.

As of June 2022, a solution is in place that allows farmers who are still running a farm to also collect an agricultural pension. The solutions adopted by the government today are another element of ensuring fairness and linking the KRUS pension to the lowest ZUS pension.

We continue to strengthen and develop Polish agriculture

“The Polish countryside is the guarantor of food security throughout the country. Today we are repaying a debt of gratitude to its residents,” said the Prime Minister while presenting the new regulations on agricultural pensions adopted by the Council of Ministers.

We cooperate with organisations acting for the benefit of agriculture – we listen carefully to the voice of farmers, we acknowledge their requests, comments and demands. In difficult times for agricultural development, we support the Polish countryside. To date, we have:

• blocked sales of Polish land,
• introduced farmer subsidies,
• introduced 0 per cent VAT on fertilisers,
• provided agricultural fuel subsidies,
• introduced agricultural retail trade,
• led to a decrease in rural poverty and an increase in rural incomes.

“All these measures are primarily aimed at levelling the playing field, increasing the propensity to stay in agricultural holdings, to farm in the countryside. We want to protect the countryside from depopulation so that it is a place to live, a place where as many inhabitants of our homeland as possible will want to stay,” he continued.