Rural development and LEADER + in Greece: Evaluation of local action groups

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 302-307

  Arabatzis, Garyfallos ^a   Aggelopoulos, Stamatis ^b   Tsiantikoudis, Stavros ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Financing programmes; LEADER; PROMETHEE II; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; MONITORING; ORGANIZATION; RURAL AREA; TOURISM;

EID: 76649096999     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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