The development of the agricultural economy in Greece during the first decades of the 20 th century

Abstract The investigation of the way the agriculture development took place in Greece during the first three decades of the 20th century is of a great interest, considering the socio-political and economic changes of that period. Purpose of this study is to investigate the contribution of the decisions of the governments of Eleftherios Venizelos to the promotion and development of the agricultural economy in Greece during the period 1910-1932. The objectives of this research are to investigate whether through the study of the historical archives of the specific time period, a substantial promotion of the agricultural economy will emerge and whether the decisions of the governments of Eleftherios Venizelos regarding the agricultural sector were progressively essential in the periods 1914-1917 and 1924-1930 given the historical circumstances (end of the Balkan Wars and the Asia Minor disaster). The present research uses the Grounded Theory as a methodological tool. Grounded Theory is a systematic research method according to which the generated theory is inductively derived from the study of empirical data and therefore knowledge is built as the researcher discovers logical relationships in the results of his observations to correlate them with the research data. Studying and analyzing the archives, the texts of the decisions of the Greek governments as well as the projects implemented in the period 1910-1932, Greece succeeded in the modernization of the agricultural sector and the strengthening of farmers and breeders by emphasizing the importance of the primary sector in the economic development of the country.