A New Paradigm for Greek Agriculture

This book offers an assessment of new opportunities available for the agricultural sector and provides technical assistance to the Greek authorities with regards to its rural development and fishery sector. Karantininis follows a value chain approach and analyzes the Greek agri-food industry, breaking it down vertically and horizontally. Vertically, the Greek agri-food chain is stripped to its main upstream and downstream components: inputs, primary production, distribution and retail. Horizontally, the agri-food value chain is analyzed in terms of size, ownership, governance and space. The author pays special attention to policy formation, policy implementation, the political and industrial structure, land and credit markets, education, extension and research. The author focuses on this through three subcategories of fruits and vegetables, aquaculture and olive oil. A number of opinions and recommendations are presented in each section, concluding with propositions for a new institutional structure for Greek agriculture.

Takes a fresh approach on the issue of agricultural reform: organization and governance of the Greek agri-food value chain Provides a detailed overview of the Greek agri-food value chain with emphasis on structures and organization Develops a paradigm of the organization of the agri-food value chain, including distinct roles for the government and the private sector Creates a strategy that involves stakeholders of the agri-food value chain, along with policy makers, and other sectors, such as tourism, biotechnology, research institutions Analyzes key agri-food industries in detail, such as olive oil, aquaculture, fruits and vegetables Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Konstantinos Karantininis is Professor of Business Administration at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. His research interests include the economics of agribusiness and value chains in western and developing countries, applied microeconomics, industrial organization, cooperatives, policy and new institutional economics.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Overview of Greek Agriculture.- Chapter 3. Policy Governance.- Chapter 4. Markets.- Chapter 5. Fruits and Vegetables, Aquaculture, Olive Oil, Organics, PDO and PGI.- Chapter 6. Framing a New Paradigm for Greek Agriculture. <p