Regional diversification of innovation activity of food industry in Poland

The main objective of the paper was an attempt at diagnosing the state of regional diversification of food industry innovation performance in Poland. The research material used in the analysis was unpublished secondary information from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) from the years 2006-2008 and 2008-2010 regarding food product manufacturers. The researched phenomenon was described using a non-model method of aggregation of variables which allows to present a complex phenomenon using so called synthetic variable. The analysis of food industry innovation activity level in Poland conducted from the regional perspective allows for a statement that the level is diversified and variable in time. In some voivodships an improvement in the state of innovation activities of food producers can be seen. But in other voivodships innovation activity of food industry weakened considerably. It may be noted that in both investigated periods the same voivodeship was the leader according to state of innovativeness of food producers.