Agricultural policies for rural development in Europe

dc.contributor.author	Ηλιοπούλου, Πολυξένη	el
dc.contributor.author	Στρατάκης, Παναγιώτης	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-23T16:22:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-23T16:22:27Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/11000
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	https://www.novapublishers.com	en
dc.subject	Αγροτική οικονομία
dc.subject	Αγροτικές πολιτικές ανάπτυξης
dc.subject	Ελλάδα
dc.subject	Agricultural economy
dc.title	Agricultural policies for rural development in Europe	en
heal.type	bookChapter
heal.secondaryTitle	the case of Greece	en
heal.classification	Topography
heal.classification	Rural development
heal.classification	Τοπογραφία
heal.classification	Αγροτική ανάπτυξη
heal.classificationURI	http://skos.um.es/unescothes/C04078
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115899
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Τοπογραφία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Αγροτική ανάπτυξη
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.publicationDate	2011
heal.bibliographicCitation	Iliopoulou, P. and Stratakis, P. (2011) Agricultural policies for rural development in Europe: The case of Greece. In Contreras, L.M. (ed.) Agricultural policies: New developments. New York: Nova Science Publishers, p.213-241	en
heal.abstract	Greece is traditionally considered to be an agricultural country. In the last decades however, and particularly after Greece joined the European Union in 1981, the role of the agricultural sector in the country‘s economy has decreased. Since the secondary sector has become stagnant, tourism and other tertiary activities gain importance in Greece. Rural development traditionally has been considered synonymous to agricultural development in Greece but also in several European countries. This was the case till the 1980‘s when the urban-rural dichotomy characterized rural space and rural population was identified in terms of employment in agriculture. Since the 1990‘s several studies in the European Union have indicated that rural regions present a great diversity. In fact the transformation of the agricultural sector from subsistence economy to market-oriented economy resulted to different patterns of rural development. Rural regions which possessed good agricultural potential took benefit from international markets, while mountainous regions with poor soils and small land ownership were left behind and experienced depopulation and economic decline. Besides agricultural potential some other factors proved to very significant for rural development. Accessibility to urban centers and to transportation networks is very important for efficient agricultural marketing. In addition non-agricultural activities, such as tourism or small scale manufacturing are considered to contribute significantly to rural development.	en
heal.publisher	Nova Science Publishers	en
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.bookName	Agricultural policies: New developments	el