The article presents basic results from an empirical survey carried out in
Poland with leaders of farmer organizations called producer groups. The
main objective of the research was to understand the process of formation
and the mechanism of functioning of the groups as well as to identify
problems and critical points during the groups’ running. The data suggest
that the core element to understand the phenomena of producer groups in
Poland is not only to analyze the economic and market situation of the
groups, but also to investigate the nature of collective actions in their
governance dimension
