Save the Date: 10th Panhellenic Congress on the Development of Greek Agriculture

10th Panhellenic Congress on the Development of Greek Agriculture

“What CAP do we want for Greece and the EU?
The big challenges facing agriculture now and in the future”

Thursday, 25 & Friday, 26, April 2024

Kalamata Dance Megaron (Kalamata, Peloponnese) & online

Register online here: https://www.eventora.com/en/Events/10th-panellinio-synedrio-gaia/

Against the backdrop of farmers’ protests and the forthcoming EU elections, the 10^th edition of the Panhellenic Congress for the Development of Greek Agriculture, focusing on “What CAP do we want for Greece and the EU? The big challenges facing agriculture now and in the future”, will be held on Friday, April 26, 2024 at the Kalamata Dance Megaron, and will also be broadcast online.

The 10^th Panhellenic Congress on the Development of Greek Agriculture, which coincides with the completion of 10 years of GAIA EPICHEIREIN’s activity in the primary and wider agri-food sector of the country, will inform the attendees about the latest developments in relation to the design and implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Greece and the European Union.

At the same time, approaches and solutions for a more sustainable and resilient agricultural sector in the face of today’s major challenges will be discussed: high production costs, climate change, geopolitical and economic shocks, food security, green and digital transformation, and generational renewal in agriculture. Special emphasis will be placed, inter alia, on sustainability and resilience issues affecting the olive sector.

Leading institutional and business representatives of the primary and broader agri-food sector and experts from Greece and the EU, as well as candidate Members of the European Parliament, will share their views and proposals in the framework of 2 plenary meetings and 4 thematic workshops.

The main speaker of the Congress will be the Minister of Rural Development & Food Eleftherios Avgenakis, the Governor of the Region of Peloponnese Dimitrios Ptochos, the Vice President COGECA Leonardo Pofferi, the President of Italia Olivicola and Vice President CIA – Agricoltori Italiani Gennaro Sicolo, the Executive Director of International Olive Council (IOC) Jaime Lillo Lopez, the Vice President of CEJA Matteo Pagliarani, the President of FARM EUROPE Yves Madre, the Senior Economist of World Bank John Baffes, the Head of Arable Crops & Olive Oil Unit, Directorate General of Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) Koen Dillen.

In addition, on the eve of the Congress, on Thursday, April 25, the results of the new nationwide survey-study by GAIA EPICHEIREIN on “Challenges and Prerequisites for the sustainable transition of key production sectors in Greek agriculture” will be presented. In the context of the survey-study, valuable data was collected in relation to sustainability issues faced by producers and collective schemes operating in the cereals, fruit and vegetables, and olive sectors, as well as vine and milk/dairy products through a telephone survey conducted in collaboration with the market research company KAPA Research, but also through the collection and processing of data carried out by GAIA EPICHEIREIN’s experts on the basic economic parameters of these sectors, but also regarding their degree of organization and the relevant CAP support provided.

The Congress takes place under the auspices of the Region of Peloponnese, the Municipality of Kalamata and the Messinian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The 10th Panhellenic Congress on the Development of Greek Agriculture is organized in the context of the CAP4Food project, implemented by GAIA EPICHEIREIN between 2023-2024 and is supported by the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) .