In the first part of the book, the measures that have been implemented over time, those that are currently in place, as well as the various measures available to agricultural policy makers, are thoroughly analyzed. The analysis includes the categorization of the measures, the necessity of their implementation, the design process of each measure, their application to specific agricultural products, and the evaluation of their effectiveness.
Great emphasis is placed on the impact of the measures on various social groups, namely producers, consumers, and taxpayers. Finally, methods for quantifying the impacts and distributing the benefits and costs of the policy are presented.
In the second part of the book, the main Greek agricultural products are presented with an emphasis on the agricultural policy applied to each. The presentation includes measures that have been implemented over time for each product, in chronological order, the objectives pursued by the state or the European Union, and the consequences each measure had on the cultivation and production of the product.