Greece’s Roman Road

When it was the turn of Agriculture Minister Papanasitaos to speak, the minister's face was gloomy and terrifying, with a rich face full of grim expressions: "As the Minister of Agriculture of Greece, I think we should pay attention to the agricultural issues in Greece."

"The zero-tariff policy for agricultural products that has lasted for many years has led to foreign grains flooding the grain market in Greece, whether it is Russian grain, Congolese rice, and of course, including the new American grain in recent years."

"The agricultural production conditions in these places are superior, or there are special systems. In contrast, the domestic agricultural conditions in Greece are not good, and the domestic farmers have no competitive advantage at all. Due to the meager profit in growing wheat, many farmers have switched to other crops. Crops"

"More and more farmers are turning their fields into economic crops such as olives, grapes, tobacco, cotton, etc., especially cotton. Due to the developed cotton textile industry in Greece, the demand for cotton is increasing day by day, and the price of cotton is very attractive. force, most of the high-quality land used to grow wheat is now cotton fields”

"The food production capacity of the Greek mainland has been weakened to the point that if this situation is not taken seriously now, as time goes on, the situation of farmers abandoning food cultivation will be more serious."

Having said this, Papanacetaos looked at his colleagues and asked: "In peaceful years, it is of course no big deal to import food from abroad, which is good and cheap, but in the event of a war, or a big Accidents such as large-scale famine, Greece cannot buy enough food in the international market, what will happen? The Greeks cannot fill their stomachs with cotton!”

In order to express his strong anxiety, Papanasitaos waved his hands while speaking.

When everyone in the conference room heard these remarks, they discussed each other in a low voice.

King George, who was sitting in the first seat, had a look of embarrassment on his face: "Prime Minister, although the probability of a war or a catastrophe that is enough to affect the international situation is not high, the food security of Greece cannot depend entirely on luck. This zero-tariff policy on food , is it questionable?"

Alexandros frowned, fell into contemplation, and remained silent. Obviously, he was also concerned about the food security statement of Papanasitaos.

Seeing the silence in the conference room, Constantine coughed and said, "First of all, Greece implements a zero-tariff policy on food, with a very clear purpose, to keep food prices low, which can encourage population growth, and at the same time There is another purpose, that is, to promote the development of industry, the low price of food is good for promoting the development of industry, and those workers can buy food with less money.”

"If the zero-tariff policy on food is abolished, then the population incentive policy in Greece will be affected. Families with more children will immediately be in trouble due to the rise in food prices. The rising food prices will offset the 50 German government issued Welfare of Lakma, against people's willingness to have children"

Constantine emphasized to everyone: "For the current Greece, the population issue is the most important and urgent, and encouraging population fertility is the core of all current policies in Greece. We should keep this in mind when making decisions. a little"

"Obviously, abolishing the zero-tariff policy on grain goes against this."

"It is true that the farmers of Greece have paid a price for this, food production has been affected, and food security in Greece has been threatened, but this is a necessary price for us to achieve our main goals."

"The situation in Europe is becoming more and more unstable. Greece now needs more population to gain some advantages in the complex Balkan Peninsula."

Papanasitaos said helplessly: "But how to solve the dilemma of food security? There is no guarantee of food security. I'm afraid that the more the population of Greece, the greater the trouble."

Constantine thought about it for a moment and said: "As for food security, first of all, it is not as severe as Papanasitaos said, and the worst result is that Greece cannot buy a grain of grain in the international market, and we still There are Congolese colonies to rely on"

As the Congolese colonies developed, agricultural output there increased, albeit limited by climatic problems, and could only grow rice instead of wheat, which was more acceptable to the Greeks.

"But Congo is far away in southern Africa, thousands of nautical miles from mainland Greece, and the transportation route is too long. The reliability of this food route is doubtful," said Agriculture Minister Papanasitaos.

Papanasitaos is dissatisfied with Greece's food tariff policy. On the one hand, as the Minister of Agriculture of Greece, he is indeed worried about the development of Greece's agriculture.

There are also other reasons. For example, some large local landowners in Greece, the domestic food prices continue to be low, seriously hurting the interests of these people, these large landowners continue to lobby the Minister of Agriculture Papanacetaos.

"Well, the zero-tariff policy on grain cannot be changed, but food security cannot be ignored. The Greek government has established a new agency, the Grain Reserve Board, to specifically ensure food security in Greece."

In fact, Constantine thought of the Changping warehouse system in the history of China. The core purpose of this system is to ensure the stability of grain prices. When the grain is harvested, the price is low. Buying a large amount of grain will raise the price of grain and prevent the price of grain from becoming cheap. Injury to farmers; and when food prices rise, they sell food and depress food prices.

In fact, the government intervened in the economy to prevent the sharp rise and fall of food prices, which led to national turmoil.

Constantine explained to everyone the benefits of regular open positions.

"Of course, we certainly can't just imitate them. After all, the national conditions are different, and the price of grain in Greece needs to be kept at a low level. We mainly focus on the role of Changping to maintain food security."

"So ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In specific practice, it is necessary to combine the actual situation of Greece. At present, in the agricultural production of Greece, there is a trend of joining agricultural cooperatives. , reduce costs and increase the price of agricultural products, and the newly established Grain Reserve Bureau can cater to this trend.”

"By placing orders with agricultural cooperatives, wheat is purchased in Greece as a reserve grain. This kind of cooperation, whether it is the Grain Reserve Board or the agricultural cooperative, can benefit from it. By placing orders with the cooperative, the Grain Reserve Board can reduce the procurement costs; and these agricultural cooperatives, because of their intensive operation, have lower production costs than those of retail investors, and are also profitable; they can also directly purchase the insufficient share of grain from Russia or the United States.”

"This has the advantage of ensuring that Greece has a certain food production capacity."

Constantine explained his thoughts to the crowd.

"As for how much grain the Grain Reserve Bureau needs to store, it is calculated by meeting the grain needs of Greece for half a year to a year under extreme conditions."

"Even if the rice in the Congo will not be able to supply Greece at that time, with the minimum half-year's supply of grain as a buffer, it will give Greek farmers sufficient time to change the land that used to grow cash crops to grow grain."

Constantine's idea has won unanimous approval from everyone, and it is indeed a safe consideration of food security and food tariff policies.

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