Prospects and Constraints of Low-Intensity Farming in Marginal Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Lesvos, Greece

Pavlis Evangelos () and Terkenli Theano S. ()
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Pavlis Evangelos: University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece.
Terkenli Theano S.: University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece.

European Countryside, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 492-515

Abstract: This paper critically examines the characteristics of low-intensity, small-scale family farming and related aspects of farming sustainability, in a marginally productive peri-urban landscape, that of the capital town of Lesvos Island, Mytilini, Greece. These aspects and characteristics are explored on the basis of farmers’-landowners’ perceptions and visions of local landscape/land use change, through a questionnaire survey. Our findings indicate that production is basically aimed for self-consumption; such practices yield low incomes but bear high cultural values, mostly run by hobby and part-time farmers-landowners, lacking agricultural education. Olive crops are the dominant, but decreasing, form of production, while some other less-water-reliant cultivations are increasing. Peri-urban small family farming remains significant, but in need of new policies/strategies further promoting its value and role.

Keywords: family farming; low-intensity; CAP subsidy schemes; agricultural production; self-consumption; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2021-0029

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