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

Christos Staboulis, Dimitrios Natos, Alexandros Gkatsikos, Efthimia Tsakiridou, Konstadinos Mattas, Waldemar Bojar, Piotr Baranowski, Jaromir Krzyszczak, Obdulia Parra Rivero and Álvaro Ojeda Roldán
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Christos Staboulis: Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Natos: Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandros Gkatsikos: Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Efthimia Tsakiridou: Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Konstadinos Mattas: Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Waldemar Bojar: Department of Management Engineering, University of Science and Technology, 85796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Piotr Baranowski: Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 20290 Lublin, Poland
Jaromir Krzyszczak: Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 20290 Lublin, Poland
Obdulia Parra Rivero: R&D Department, Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias de Andalucía, 28003 Madrid, Spain
Álvaro Ojeda Roldán: Division of Energy & Information Technologies, Idener Technologies, 41300 Seville, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-13

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.

Keywords: common agricultural policy; subsidies; international trade; export orientation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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