Objective:
During the last years there has been a growing interest from young people to get involved in the AMP exploitation business. The rich Greek flora and the plenty of abandoned agricultural fields in rural areas offer a great potential in this direction. However, most of the young farmers/entrepreneurs didn’t have a relative experience in the field and there has been many fails and disappointments.
Context:
The Hellenic Manpower Organization organise a comprehensive training program, designed for people that want to get involved in AMP exploitation business. The program is mainly addressed to people that come from the rural areas and is carried out in cooperation with local authorities. The main topics covered are:
- Cultivation
- Collection and processing
- Legislation and certification
- Business plan development – marketing
- E-commerce
Local authorities are responsible to grant the young farmers with public land for their first steps, as well as to provide them a proper place to sale their products.
Contacts:
Argyrios Kyrkos, kek.ioannina@oaed.gr, www.oaed.gr
Anna Tsogka, kek.ioannina@oaed.gr, www.oaed.gr