Abstract
This study aims to highlight the problems of the Greek agriculture and to identify the level of information that the farmers have regarding the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Here, primary data were collected from in-depth interviews (structured questionnaire) with 241 farmers in the region of Thessaly-Greece. The study was conducted in November 2016, within the geographical boundaries of the Region of Thessaly. The data were analyzed via descriptive statistics, the non-parametric Friedman test, Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis. The results indicate that Greek farmers are not adequately informed about the CAP. The research findings showed that Greece requires an agricultural sector that will also be eco-friendly, producing high added value products. These factors are important and could become the country's comparative advantage. The innovation of the study lies in the fact that the survey was conducted in a highly representative Greek rural prefecture, investigating the farmer's information level as it concerns the CAP policy schemes. Key words: Common agricultural policy, agricultural sector, agricultural production, Thessaly, Greece.
Highlights
This study aims to highlight the problems of the Greek agriculture and to identify the level of information that the farmers have regarding the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy implemented by the European Union (EU) and comprises a set of laws and regulations that designate the operation of the farm sector (Andrei and Darvasi, 2012)
It was found that the decoupling of subsidies was the main change of the CAP according to the farmers' views, with a 2.95 average ranking; the most significant change is in the relationship with the ginning plants, with a rating of 2.79
Summary
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy implemented by the European Union (EU) and comprises a set of laws and regulations that designate the operation of the farm sector (crop and livestock) (Andrei and Darvasi, 2012). The CAP can hardly cope with the challenges it faces because of the contradictions between the pre-defined problems and the measures proposed to deal with them. This is because it offers limited changes to the previous CAP (Popp and Jámbor, 2015). The vague and different directions of the Treaty of Rome which are being pursued in the Treaty of Lisbon create difficulties in the implementation of the agricultural policy. This is a typical component of the structure Tinbergen (Hill, 2012)
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