(CAP). In Greece, traditional agricultural programs have given their place to rural development programs. This shift of … employment opportunities and accessibility to urban centers is widely recognized. Greece has a large agricultural sector compared … markets. The prospects of the agricultural sector in Greece would not be considered as favorable, especially after the latest …

contribution of the LEADER axis in promoting it, through its bottom-up and place-based approach.After a brief presentation of the … follows on the lack of sufficient attention to social capital in conventional evaluation methods of LEADER. LEADER …’s efficiency in stimulating aspects of social capital in rural regions is assessed with reference to case studies on Greece, which …