{"id":4592,"date":"2025-03-08T01:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/agricultural-prosperity-a-national-issue\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T01:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:46:34","slug":"agricultural-prosperity-a-national-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/agricultural-prosperity-a-national-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural prosperity \u2018a national issue\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263563\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tsiaras_Intime-320x200.jpg?v=1625924135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tsiaras_Intime.jpg?v=1625924134\" alt=\"Agricultural prosperity \u2018a national issue\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tsiaras_Intime.jpg?v=1625924134\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Rural Development and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras said on Friday that the survival and development of the agricultural sector is not a matter for party politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a national issue, which we must prioritize. We have a duty to keep the primary sector alive and to enhance its contribution to productive activity,\u201d he said launching the 14th AgroThessaly Expo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment policy is clearly oriented toward the development of the agricultural sector,\u201d Tsiaras said, adding that it is important \u201cto provide a vision, but also the opportunity for the people of [agricultural] production to take steps into the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the government\u2019s goal is to make the primary sector a key pillar of economic policy through specific measures, creating the conditions to strengthen the competitiveness of Greek products.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the discussions on the new EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), after 2027, he stressed that its goal will be the resilience of the primary sector, to attract young people to primary production, the support of remote and disadvantaged areas, and the adoption of measures to strengthen rural areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The minister made particular reference to the importance of agricultural production and the effort to maintain social cohesion, as agricultural products contribute decisively to food sufficiency.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1263563\/agricultural-prosperity-is-a-national-issue\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] Rural Development and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras said on Friday that the survival and development of the agricultural sector is not a matter for party politics.\u00a0 \u201cIt is a national issue, which we must prioritize. 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