Research that feeds strategy and strategy that closes the loop back to research
A focused body of work on livestock farming systems, dairy and meat value chains, animal health and milk quality, climate, policy and primary production.
Featured publications
Three works shaping my current advisory practiceWhy does CAP support remain spatially concentrated in Greece?
Kaimakamis, I.
Agriculture, 16(12), 1346, 2026.
Sixteen years and €47.65bn of payments across thirteen Greek regions, showing that territorial concentration is built into CAP design rather than incidental to it. The evidence base behind my CAP governance and payment-architecture work.
Sheep and goat pox in Greece (2024-2025): A political economy, public policy, and moral-philosophical analysis of a category A epizootic
Kaimakamis, I.
Veterinary and Animal Science, 33, 100681, 2026.
The paper provides an integrated political-economy and policy reading of the sheep and goat pox crisis in Greece, directly connected to my work on national zoonoses governance and One Health institutional design.
Raw milk quality and subclinical mastitis burden in small ruminant farms in Northwestern Greece
Kaimakamis, I., & Zelovitis, I.
Animals, 16(13), 2030, 2026.
Bulk-tank evidence from 83 sheep and goat farms: only one farm in ten met the healthy somatic-cell threshold, and a quarter exceeded the EU limit. The benchmark I use in milk-quality and flock-health advisory work.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Selected academic outputRaw milk quality and subclinical mastitis burden in small ruminant farms in Northwestern Greece: A cross-sectional study
Kaimakamis, I., & Zelovitis, I.
Animals, 16(13), 2030.
Why does CAP support remain spatially concentrated in Greece? Lorenz dominance, Theil decomposition, and counterfactual simulations over sixteen years, 2010-2025
Kaimakamis, I.
Agriculture, 16(12), 1346.
Sheep and goat pox in Greece (2024-2025): A political economy, public policy, and moral-philosophical analysis of a category A epizootic
Kaimakamis, I.
Veterinary and Animal Science, 33, 100681.
Examination of covariance and correlation in aflatoxin levels between feeds and dairy cattle milk in Northern Greece
Gourdouvelis, D., Dotas, V., Kaimakamis, I., et al.
Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 76(3).
Typology of mixed sheep and goat production system in the Regional Unit of Larissa, Greece
Kaimakamis, I. E., Dotas, V., Gourdouvelis, D., et al.
Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 75(3).
Comparative assessment of two different methods, using devices Optiscan-TP and Optigrade-MCP, for predicting lean meat percentage of pig carcasses in Greece
Schina, V., Dotas, V., Gourdouvelis, D., Kaimakamis, I., et al.
Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 73(4).
Typology, structural characterization and sustainability of integrated broiler farming systems in Epirus, Greece
Dotas, V., Gourdouvelis, D., Hatzizisis, L., Kaimakamis, I., et al.
Sustainability, 13(23).
Typology and structural characterisation of suckler cow farming systems in Central Macedonia, Greece
Gourdouvelis, D., Dotas, V., Kaimakamis, I., et al.
Italian Journal of Animal Science, 18.
Agricultural production and climate changes
Kaimakamis, I., Aggelopoulos, S., & Pavloudi, A.
Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, 14(2).
Monographs & project reports
Funded deliverablesFeasibility Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Livestock Innovation Reception Hub – Municipality of Elassona
Comprehensive technical documentation, strategic planning and applied innovation roadmap to position Elassona as a reference region for sustainable, technology-enabled animal production.
Mapping the Value Chain of Dairy Products in Western Macedonia
Final project deliverable, BRIDGES Interreg EU.
Innovative Dairy Products with Microalgae: Economic Interest and Utilisation of Results
Final project deliverable, European Regional Development Fund.
Theses
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiPhD Dissertation – Typology of Sheep and Goat Farming Enterprises in the Regional Unit of Larissa in Relation to Production Systems and Applied Grazing Systems
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture.
MSc Thesis – Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Production: The Case of Greece
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Selected conference presentations
20+ contributions totalMountain beef farming, the new CAP and the value that must stay in the region
3rd Livestock Festival of Grammos, Kastoria, Greece.
Excellence Farms as live labs for climate-smart skills in dairy goats
EAAP-ASAS Conference on Livestock Farming and the Environment, Azores, Portugal.
Meat self-sufficiency in Greece – Production, trade flows and domestic demand
8th Panhellenic Meat Conference, Thessaloniki.
Efficiency of sheep and goat farming enterprises – Non-parametric DEA application
Hellenic Society of Agricultural Economics Conference, Athens.
Research profiles & indexing
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