Greek Young Farmers’ Attitudes and Education Needs towards Entrepreneurship in the Agrifood Processing Sector

Panagiotis Kotsios () and Rodica Arpasanu ()
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Panagiotis Kotsios: Perrotis College, American Farm School of Thessaloniki, Greece
Rodica Arpasanu: Perrotis College, American Farm School of Thessaloniki, Greece

Chapter 2016-03 in Entrepreneurship Teaching, Research and Practice in Global Environment – Building Bridges. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference, 8 – 10 June 2016, Pomorie, Bulgaria, 2017, pp 69-87 from Bulgarian Association for Management Development and Entrepreneurship

Abstract: The goal of the current research is to explore the attitudes and educational needs of Greek young farmers towards entrepreneurship in the agri-food processing sector. After 2008 and the breakout of the last economic crisis, the Greek GDP has shrunk by almost a quarter and unemployment rate currently exceeds 25% of the work force. It is believed that an efficient direction for escaping these macroeconomic problems is to focus on promising sectors of the economy. This research focuses on the Greek agrifood processing sector, which is believed to have growth potential both in terms of value added and employment. The data were gathered by 4 in depth focus group interviews with Greek youths that are related with the primary sector, and the results give a fairly clear view of their attitudes and entrepreneurship educational needs.

Keywords: Greece; entrepreneurship; food processing; focus groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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