“…3 Leaving the transition to individuals instead of preparing a collective transition project, as a rule does not promote change, and it can trigger distrust in the institutions that are expected to provide a kind of protection against threats such as increasing market concentration or the consequences of climate change (Brimont and Saujot, 2020;Pešak, 2021). Th e responsibility of institutions is even greater if we have in mind that the passivity of institutions in solving local problems leads to a lack of participation of citizens, as Bokan and Obad (2018) Th e third (of a total nine) CAP specifi c objective is to improve the position of farmers in the food chain, which implies encouraging local food systems and SSCs, strengthening farmers' associations, organic agriculture, and responsiveness to changing consumer preferences (Legowski et al, 2020). What is striking in the Strategy, however, is that some of the proposed possible solutions and further direction of development are not targeted towards strengthening of the SSCs, but towards the digitalization of agriculture, usage of satellites and new genomic techniques, which is probably more suitable for the further industrialization of agriculture rather than directing agriculture towards multifunctionality in local communities.…”