Agriculture

Greece aims to launch 101 products with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) to foreign markets. Some which were not previously more widely available abroad, include Kasseri cheese, Gruyere cheese of Naxos, the Cretan Rusk,...

Today,  during the clearance of accounts procedure the European Commission asked for the recovery of funds of the EU's agricultural policy, totaling 78.8 million euros, which Greece seems to have unnecessarily spent. However, some of the money has already...

The European Commission approved 22 projects today concerning community contribution for the promotion of agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries. The total budget of the projects, most of which will last three years, was 70...

The active interest of Greece and the importance given to the Greek-German cooperation, now entering a new phase, was shown by the participation of the minister of Interior Giannis Michelakis, the minister of Rural Development and Food Athanasios Tsaftaris;...

Cologne in Germany is where the 32nd International Food and drink fair, “Anuga”, will take place, from 5 to 9 October, gathering more than 6,500 caterers from 100 countries and 160,000 buyers from 180 countries. This October, the team of...

The leading international exhibition for food products in Russia, which takes place in the center of Moscow city, World Food Moscow, this year included an exhibit of Greek agricultural products. Among the 1,400 exhibitors from 69 countries there were around...

Agriculture can rescue Greece from the crisis, if organized on a solid basis via cooperation and specialization. All around Greece organized seminars are offered by individuals or research centers on aromatic plants and new crops. Dr. Nikos Samarides, botanist-agronomist at...

A new Swedish-Danish survey shows that agriculture techniques transferred from Southern to Northern Europe gradually. The scientists examined the DNA of four Scandinavian farmers of the Neolithic Age and found that they had more genes in common with inhabitants of...