Πράσινη Γεωργία

από το συνέδριο για την τοπικότητα στην γεωργία και τις μικρές εφοδιαστικές αλυσίδες τροφίμων (μικρότερη απόσταση παραγωγού καταναλωτή)

Dacian Cioloș

Member of the European Commission

Responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development

Local farming and short supply chains: enhancing the local dimension of the common agricultural policy

Conference Local agriculture and short food supply chains

Brussels, 20 April 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you all for coming.

I decided to organise this event on short supply chains because it is obvious that their potential is considerable. However, the subject suffers from both contradictions and prejudices.

The fact is that the demand is there, but it is not structured well enough, it has not been sufficiently well identified, and it is not accessible enough. There is a lack of research, which is something that will probably come up repeatedly in the discussions. Nonetheless, all the available studies concur that there is high consumer demand for local products. This was highlighted once again by surveys conducted in the UK and Germany as recently as last year. Continue reading »

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