In Search of Strategies to Face the Economic Crisis: Evidence from Greek Farms

Ragkos, Athanasios; Koutsou, Stavriani; Manousidis, T.

doi:10.1080/13608746.2016.1164916

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“…Table 3 shows the production expenses per factor for each farm. Capital expenses were the highest for all three farms, as has been pointed out also by previous studies for extensive [7] and for intensive production [14,84]. For 'Peasant', purchased feedstuff was by far the most important cost driver, as the farm bought all feedstuff from markets, while 'Conventional' also grazed on cultivated pasture in winter, which reduced requirements for purchased forage.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…A recent study [7] showed that the economic performance of Greek sheep and goat transhumance is low-when subsidies are not considered-although, the same was also reported for intensive production [14]. This is mainly due to low productivity and low product prices, which counterbalance cost savings closely related to their extensive character, as in summer flocks are kept outdoors almost all day and graze freely in High Nature Value grasslands with considerable floristic diversity, with no supplementary feeding [7,15,16].…”

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Alternative Approaches of Summer Milk Sales from Transhumant Sheep and Goat Farms: A Case Study from Northern Greece

Ragkos¹,

Theodoridis

Arsenos

2019

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Sheep and goat transhumance provides a wide range of ecosystem services (ES). Transhumance-specific dairy products could function as a nexus between the system and the public, incorporating ES which are not remunerated in markets, but in Greece, there are actually no such dairy products. Within this context, the objective of this paper was to present a case study regarding a comparative assessment of three different approaches (supply chains) in milk sales from transhumant farms. The first involved production of cheese on-farm and direct sales to consumers. In the second approach, farmers sold their milk to the same industry throughout the year, where it was mixed with milk from non-transhumant farms. The third approach concerned cheese produced solely from milk of transhumant flocks in a small dairy in the highlands. An assessment framework was developed examining the perceived quality; economic performance of farms; compatibility and; representativeness and contribution of each approach. Based on five in-depth interviews with farmers and dairies, it was found that a combination of the three approaches would be beneficial for farms—to decrease risks—and for the system as a whole, in order to convey the ‘agro-pastoral message’ to wider audiences and to increase the recognisability of transhumance. In addition, the analysis showed that the economic performance of each approach was related more to managerial issues and organizational requirements rather than to the achievement of higher prices and more added value in the first and third approach.

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Alternative Approaches of Summer Milk Sales from Transhumant Sheep and Goat Farms: A Case Study from Northern Greece

Ragkos¹,

Theodoridis

Arsenos

2019

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“…According to OECD (2016), in 2015 the country's GDP was 26% lower than the 2007 peak, pointing to a deep recession. For literature on the economic crisis and regional development seePsycharis et al (2014);Ragkos et al (2016).…”

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Emerging geographies of mobility: The role of regional towns in Greece's ‘counterurbanisation story’

Gkartzios

Remoundou

Garrod

2017

Journal of Rural Studies

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Newcastle University ePrints -eprint.ncl.ac.uk Gkartzios M, Remoundou K, Garrod G. Emerging geographies of mobility: The role of regional towns in Greece's 'counterurbanisation story'. AbstractDrawing on the 'mobility turn', research in rural studies has engaged with new explorations of mobilities, beyond the now well-explored counterurbanisation and rural gentrification processes, including local and temporary mobility in diverse socioeconomic and cultural contexts. This paper explores past and potential future mobility patterns in two regional towns in non-metropolitan Greece in the context of the ongoing financial crisis. Using a choice experiment, we assess the importance of settlement types, family networks, previous residency in the area, cultural opportunities and change in employment type in informing future mobility decisions. The analysis finds evidence of diverse mobilities, and distinguishes between two predominant mobility groups, i.e. counterurbanisers and local movers. We further look at relocation preferences for the two groups and find similar preferences for regional towns. In this context, we provide evidence for the potential emergence of an alternative, i.e. not rooted in pastoralism, version of the Anglo-American 'rural idyll'.

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“…These farms were chosen by local experts participating in iSAGE project with accounting for typical farm sizes of the prevailing farm types in each country and to ensure that farms typical of each previously identified typology were assessed. This choice was based on a pan-European typology which was developed by iSAGE [24]. In this typology, European and Turkish farms were categorized based on their key characteristics including the main species reared (sheep or goat) as well as grazing and feed practices (intensive, semi-intensive, extensive or semi-extensive) and product -dairy, meat or dual-purpose (dual purpose being defined as when the farmer values two or more different products as being of equal importance for farm profitability) [25] (Table 1).…”

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Sustainability Assessment of Goat and Sheep Farms: A Comparison between European Countries

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European sheep and goat farming faces diverse challenges at global or local scales and constitutes an important sector for many countries, playing important sociocultural, economic and environmental roles. A closer examination of the overall sustainability of the sector is necessary to assess the performance of different farm types in various geographical settings. This comparative study evaluates the use of a common sustainability assessment (SA) tool for the major European countries in the sheep and goat sector. In particular, the study reports the results of a SA using the Public Goods (PG) Tool, adapted within the Innovation for Sustainable Sheep and Goat Production in Europe (iSAGE) Horizon 2020 project, which includes questions accounting for 13 dimensions of a sheep and goat farm sustainability. In total, 206 farmers from Greece, Italy, Spain, Finland, United Kingdom, France and Turkey were interviewed, all of which were typical of specific types of a pan-European sheep and goat farm typologies elaborated within iSAGE. The study resulted in composite indicators of performance in each dimension for each country. Finland, Italy and the United Kingdom performed better than other countries, while Turkey and Greece performed below average in most categories. The results highlight challenges for each country but also at the European level, the latter mainly relating to generational renewal and an unwillingness to invest in the adoption of a more sustainable approach with long-term results.

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In Search of Strategies to Face the Economic Crisis: Evidence from Greek Farms

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

Alternative Approaches of Summer Milk Sales from Transhumant Sheep and Goat Farms: A Case Study from Northern Greece

Alternative Approaches of Summer Milk Sales from Transhumant Sheep and Goat Farms: A Case Study from Northern Greece

Emerging geographies of mobility: The role of regional towns in Greece's ‘counterurbanisation story’

Sustainability Assessment of Goat and Sheep Farms: A Comparison between European Countries

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