Go-JuST

Future pathways

Volos workshop

Cultivation practices

Subsidies granted exclusively on environmental criteria

Full adoption of Farm to Fork targets for reducing chemical inputs and fertilizers

Universal adoption of Integrated Crop Management and extensive organic farming

Minimal/very limited water use combined with smart farming practices

Organizational issues

Cooperatives operating as mechanisms for transforming the socialproductionmarketing process  

Development of binding cultivation, harvesting, and processing protocols for product standardization

Work force

Use of laborers combined with limited mechanical harvesting methods without spatial modifications (e.g., use of handheld shakers and harvesters)

Cooperatives as mechanisms for leveraging existing international agreements for hiring agricultural workers and organizing labor allocation

Product

Registration of geographical indications – PDO & PGI – and recognition of traditional production methods

Certifications for environmentally friendly approaches based on carbon footprint calculations for production

Use of specialized scientific knowledge to understand product characteristics and advisory services for introducing and positioning the product in established markets