The European and local context of Greek family farming

Abstract

The restructuring of agriculture worldwide and the reform of the CAP have raised the issue of the adaptation of Greek family farming. The peasantry has adjusted to the technical requirements of the intensive model with the help of the state and the mobilization of local co-operative networks. Nowadays however, the development of rural society faces a new challenge with the end of the protectionist system. The question is whether the peasantry - collectively strong in its technico-economic strategies, but weak in its professional organization and its relations with the outside world - can adjust to the agricultural restructuring process in which it is caught.