“Post-consumer behavior is increasingly leading to the need to create superior products, with added value that concerns either the actual quality (raw material), the certified quality, or the symbolic quality” as noted by the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Piraeus, Vassilis Korkidis, at the “Growing Together” event of the Hellenic Development Bank in the part that concerned agricultural entrepreneurship.
Comparing the agricultural economy and entrepreneurship between Greece and the Netherlands in terms of the size of the geographical area, the president underlined that the Netherlands with 45 million acres of crops produces about 1,700 euros per acre, while Greece with 37 million acres of crops produces about 200 euros. per acre. In other words, he continued, we have a yield of 1 to 9 in relation to the Netherlands, which pursues a market and innovation policy, with the result that in recent years it exports agri-food and agro-technological products worth 94 billion euros per year, second in the world Their success is due to the “excellent cooperation” throughout the agri-food value chain, as well as the quality of the infrastructure, the high potential in the logistics sector and the location of the port of Rotterdam.The agri-food sector represents over 10% of the Dutch economy and employment, has a strong international orientation and represents 21% of the total value of exports “.
Mr. Korkidis noted that the position of our country in the Mediterranean and the transit role of the port of Piraeus, can place us higher among the world food producers.
He added: “Developments in agri-food, both in technological methods and applications, and in innovative designs and funding tools, are cosmogenic. The European Space Agency has developed an Earth observation satellite to support precision agriculture, land management and Electronic applications have launched a real “agri-food revolution”, with beneficial results for farmers, fishermen and entrepreneurs in the primary sector. “are the necessary ingredients, then everything else, although we are late, can be obtained and used profitably. That is why the Development Bank must finance the agro-entrepreneurs!”.
Source: AMPE
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