Quality rural products in general and wine more specifically, acquire an increasingly important role in European Communities Rural Growth policies. This results from the fact that they have a commercial advantage over other products, they support rural income and the rural economy, contribute to...

The European Community has designed and is implementing policies to support disadvantaged mountain areas in today's ever-changing world environment. Despite the initiatives, it appears that to reverse the devastation of mountain communities in disadvantaged areas is a difficult affair. Financial...