AURA published several articles by Professor Wiesław Ciechanowicz on the need to reduce the economic and civilisational gap between urban and rural populations. The author believes that this objective may be achieved only by deep transformation of Polish agriculture, i. e. its restructuring, employment and changing the type of activity. Bioenergy produced from biomass should be the driving factor behind the development of rural areas. The interview focuses in detail on principles, production forms and management.