"Let’s remember that everything that a Polish farmer sells ... supports the Polish market," Duda said.
He added: "This is money that ... also flows into state coffers in the form of taxes; it is money that flows to local government."
Agriculture Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski said that buying domestically-produced food helped Polish agriculture and the Polish economy.
He added that the coronavirus pandemic was disrupting food distribution chains, and that it was increasingly difficult to export food products.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told parliament on Monday that the COVID-19 epidemic was likely to peak in Poland next month or in June.
A total of 4,201 people have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease in Poland, with 98 deaths from the coronavirus so far, officials said on Monday morning.
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Source: PAP
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