The present Plan is implemented based on the guidelines of Law 4957/2022, in the framework of the project "Strategic Planning Unit of the University of Peloponnese" which has been included in the Operational Programme "Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020" with code MIS 5184856. The Project includes the following dimensions:
The scientific field of the Department of Agriculture serves the agricultural production which is one of the most important factors of the economy of Greece and especially of the Peloponnese. The increasing number of modern organized units of agricultural production (e.g. greenhouses in Messinia), farms associated with the production of tree species (olive, citrus, vine etc.) and the growing number of agricultural enterprises in the region. ), horticulture and large-scale crops, as well as processing units (olive mills, wineries, packaging plants for vegetables, edible olives, dried figs (SYKIKI) and raisins, citrus juice production plants, industrial tomatoes, etc.) in the Peloponnese Region demonstrate the need for a Department of Agriculture in this Region.
The strategic planning of the Department is based on the continuous feedback of the PPS with up-to-date scientific knowledge in the agricultural field, in order to prepare students for their professional careers.
The academic development strategy for the operation of the Department of Agriculture and the new MPA is in line with the strategic planning of the University of Peloponnese (B26.22), and concerns the Educational Project, the Research Project, the Administrative Upgrading and the Extroversion - Internationalization - Relations with the local community.