Greek livestock farming is declining and in 2026 is expected to be even more difficult, as the Vice President of the Hellenic Livestock Association warns, stressing that “animal capital has been decimated”.

Official items show 3% reduction in animal production within two years.

“If you seem a little, for us, farmers are a collapse,” said SEK Vice President Dimitris Moschos, speaking from the 11th Conference on the Development of Greek Agriculture, on “The Power of Cooperation as a Catalyst for Achieving Sustainability Objectives”.

Saying that livestock farming has gone through the ‘Complexes’ of zoonosesof extremes weather and her crisishe said characteristically: “The livestock has been decimated. And This year’s damage has not yet been fully seen. In 2026 the situation will be even worseespecially in sheep and breeding. “

About what is to come, Mr Moschos said that “we cannot talk about a future without plan” and in this context he talked about strategy and coordination in the agricultural sector at national level.

“What do we want to do? Where do we want to go? In Greece there is no planning. Everyone gets into a crop because he went well a year. This is not growth, it’s gambling, “he said.

According to the answer for a prosperous future lies in three words/solutions which is a plan, funding and education. “We need a plan. We need real funding, especially in movement capital. And we need information, technology, education to survive in the field. Because on paper everything is well, but in the pens we have other times, “he said.

Referring to the models of durability adopted in Spain and elsewhere, he spoke about the need for “vertical production”: feed, farming, processing. “There, durability and competitiveness are built. And there are synergies, not only between producers but also with banks, science, the state, “he said.

For them Imports of meat “baptized” in Greekthe Vice President of the SEK stressed: “We are told that we meet 20% of beef needs, but this is a lie. 7.5% are imported animals slaughtered here. Net self -sufficiency does not exceed 13%. So we’re talking about a dependent country – energy, nutritional, strategic, “he said.

The two -day 11th Congress on the Development of Greek Agriculture is being held since yesterday and is being completed today. It is being carried out with the support of the EU Directorate -General for Agriculture and Rural Development in the framework of the project “Coopincap” and is under the auspices of the Region of Central Macedonia.