Agricultural equipment in Greece: farm machinery management in the era of economic crisis

(in lingua inglese)

Although rural exodus in the 60s facilitate the modernization of production systems and the approval of mechanization as a mean to improve both the productivity and the quality of agricultural activity, the crisis and the industrial decline since the mid 70s have forced Greek authorities into a support policy for the maintenance of rural population in the countryside, which led farmers to get used to a supported modernization. The CAP has also promoted a similar policy until the mid-80s. The growth of the Greek agriculture was forged, which led, apart from few exceptions, farmers to have passive attitude towards every change of their operational environment.