Assessing the Role of the Young Farmer Scheme in the Export Orientation of Greek Agriculture

Abstract

The present paper attempts to investigate whether the Sub-Measure 6.1 “Start-Up Aid for Young Farmers” payments of the 2014–2020 Rural Development Programme have a role to play in explaining Greek farms’ export orientation and export performance through a statistical analysis of farm-level data. The results demonstrate considerable differences in farm structures between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries and provide support for the contention that beneficiaries are more likely to operate more productive and economically efficient farms. However, the results also provide a sobering assessment of the role of the young-farmer-related subsidies in stimulating export orientation and export performance.

Impact assessment of the Agri-Environment-Climate Measure (M10) of RDP 2014-2020 on environmental and climatic policies implementation according to the perception of Polish farmers

“…An important aspect of environmental modelling is the determination of the actual status of soil-plant interactions (Walczak et al, 1997). Within the AGRICORE project, three Use Cases were conducted, among them the Spanish Use Case which aimed to assess the impact of the Regional M11 "Organic Farming support measure" on the olive farming sector in Andalusia, the Greek Use Case which aimed to assess the socio-economic impact of M6.1 "Startup aid for young farmers" on Greek agriculture (Staboulis et al, 2022), and the Polish Use Case (Bojar et al, 2023). The aim of the participatory research within the Polish use case of AGRICORE was to fill in the detected information gaps concerning the impact mechanisms and to extract the crucial key performance indicators (KPIs) of the prevailing agri-environmental status within the context of the realization of M10.…”

A Comprehensive Approach to Assess the Impact of Agricultural Production Factors on Selected Ecosystem Services in Poland

“…A critical issue in scientific discussions is finding methodologies that effectively integrate economic and social goals with environmental imperatives [13,14]. The second issue is the identification of optimal solutions for various stakeholders involved in the development of the ESs, which is dependent on their distinct interests, posing a formidable challenge within the spatial context and pertaining to the varying scales of operation associated with individual environmental conditions and economic interests.…”