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30 years after the accession to European Union, and despite all the funding and efforts which have been undertaken during the recent years, Greek agriculture is still based on small . sized family-owned farms with low economic efficiency. The position of this country is underprivileged due to its peripherality as well as topographic restrictions, which cause integration problems with the common market. In the whole country, small-scale and low-tech agriculture still prevails and suffers from a lack of many natural resources. The dominant traditional economy is not adapted to market conditions. Currently Greek situation is even more critical due to problems with global financial crisis. Greek GDP per capita equals only about two-thirds of the most important euro-zone economies. Greek budget deficit exceeded 13.5% of national GDP and public debt has grown during the recent years, exceeding 115% of GDP in 2009 and is one of the highest in euro-zone. During the last years, we have witnessed a spectacular decrease in the contribution of the agricultural sector to the Greek total employment and to total value added of the whole economy.