A Retrospective View of the EU Policy Reforms in the Olive Oil Sector and Future Perspectives

Charoula Chousou (), Efthimia Tsakiridou () and Konstantinos Mattas ()
Additional contact information
Charoula Chousou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Efthimia Tsakiridou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Konstantinos Mattas: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Chapter Chapter 6 in Sustainable Food Chains and Ecosystems, 2020, pp 79-91 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The expansion of the European Union (EU) to include Greece and Spain in 1981 and 1986, respectively, converted the EU from a net importer to a pure olive oil exporter. In the subsequent decades, the EU’s olive oil policy was oriented to reinforce the sector’s competitiveness by encouraging the production of a high-quality product for the benefit of growers, processors, traders and consumers. Nevertheless, the main objectives of the EU olive oil policy differentiated over the years, since the EU decided to promote and adopt more sustainable agricultural practices for the benefit of both the environment and the public health of European citizens. This paper offers a retrospective view of the EU’s olive oil policy and then discusses the likely consequences stemming from the last reform (2014) for the olive sector, since olive cultivation is considered important for the rural economy in many regions of Southern Europe.

Keywords: Olive oil; Olive oil policy; European union; CAP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:comchp:978-3-030-39609-1_6

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783030396091

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39609-1_6

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Cooperative Management from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().