In order to highlight and communicate the goals and main issues of the project to a wider audience, 5 opinion articles will be published in large circulation newspapers, throughout the duration of the project, based on a close monitoring of the current affairs in the public sphere.

The articles are going to be drafted in a comprehensive and easily understandable way, using facts & data at EU and national level for explicating the key themes and concepts in order to increase the impact & leverage of the main CAP related messages.

The articles are going to bring under focus different policies & on the field aspects of the climate-related objectives and measures of the CAP as well as the role of knowledge and innovation in their achievement.

Read here the first article prepared by Ms. Elli Tsiforou, CEO of GAIA EPICHEIREIN, published on 06/05/2022 in a special thematic edition “AGRO EFSYN”, issued by “EFIMERIDA ton SYNTAKTON” newspaper with large circulation. The article presents the big challenge of generational renewal to Greek and European agriculture, by attempting to set the frame of current barriers and the priorities to be set in order to meet the CAP key objective and leverage the potentials of young and/or new farmers.

Read here the second article prepared by Ms. Elli Tsiforou, CEO of GAIA EPICHEIREIN, published on 3/12/2022 in a special thematic edition “BIO EFSYN”, issued by “EFIMERIDA ton SYNTAKTON” newspaper with large circulation. The article presents the critical issue of the CAP budget, given that it has already been agreed based on outdated inflation data, and how the CAP could actually act as a driver of growth.

Read here the third article prepared by Ms. Elli Tsiforou, CEO of GAIA EPICHEIREIN, published on 9/4/2023 in the special anniversary edition of the mainstream newspaper “ELEFTHEROS TYPOS”.

The article presents on the one hand the current developments, at European and national level, which will determine the future of the primary sector within and outside the framework of the CAP, and on the other hand the reasonable concerns that arise in relation to the readiness of the national mechanism in this new institutional landscape.

Read here the fourth article prepared by Ms. Elli Tsiforou, CEO of GAIA EPICHEIREIN, published on 2/6/2023 in the special thematic edition of the mainstream newspaper “Efimerida Ton Syntakton”.

The article presents an overview of the new scenery regarding European as well as national agricultural sectors and highlights the importance of a national debate open public dialogue to draw up a long-term strategy of sustainability and resilience of the national primary and agri-food sector, that should be based on current state-of-play -as well described in GAIA EPICHEIREIN’s recent surveyal study- and on the CAP 2023-2027 toolbox..