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Included in the Europe 2020 strategy and the document “Innovation Union” indications concerning the implementation of a comprehensive European innovation strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth determine the importance that the European Union assigns innovation. Agri-food sector in Poland belongs to the key in the social and economic impact. Its economic impact on the internal market and international it decide as one of the most important, and at the same time, requiring constant care and support. An important determinant for the development of innovation in this sector are factors both strengthen and weaken the process of innovation. They belong to the group of external factors and internal factors associated with the personality of decision-makers on issues of application of innovative solutions in practice. The purpose of this work is to bring readers the essence of innovation in the proposed to its application within the meaning of and according to the author the most important factors and conditions affecting the quality of innovation, including decisions and actions taken by the competent bodies of the European Union and the Member States in the field of Polish accelerated, sustainable development agro-food sector.