regions may freely choose an area for smart specialisation nine of polish regions have chosen support for highquality food production as smart specialisation in their strategic documents it is important to note that the smart specialisation framework in regions and the implementation measuresresources in the mentioned programmes tend to be focused on scientific research and innovation in poland which can neglect rural innovation in a review of the impact of rural development programme measures for economic diversification over the period it is found that such measures had the most significant impact in the wielkopolskie voivodeship and in the northern part of the region of mazowsze at the border of the mazowieckie podlaskie and lubelskie voivodeships and in the western part of the warminskomazurskie voivodeship biczkowski and biczkowska