31% of Greek farms were lost – The data of a new study is revealing

The figures are staggering. According to a new Greenpeace study , within 15 years Greece lost almost 1/3 of its farms . This loss, in fact, concerns only small-scale farms, which farmers are struggling to keep alive.

31% of our country's farms no longer exist, since small farms, which are essentially the backbone of Greek agriculture, have shrunk by 37%.

It is worth noting that small-scale farms represent approximately 88% of the total farms in our country.

Impressive is the fact that according to Greenpeace's analysis, between 2007 and 2021, the average net profit per farm in Greece has decreased by 13%, while industrial scale farms have increased by 59%.

Economic yield per farm increased by an average of 23% between 2007 and 2021, however this average does not apply to small-scale farms, which have not recorded any increase over this period.

The situation is no better in the rest of the European Union, where a total of almost two million "commercial farms" and 3.8 million jobs have been lost.

The phenomenon is intense in Western Macedonia

In Western Macedonia, in addition to the difficulties faced by most regions, another problem is added. More specifically, the percentage that can be given for the creation of RES, such as photovoltaics, has been covered and thus the land available for cultivation is shrinking.

Despina Amarantidou-ERT