Aristotelis Batzios is a PhD candidate researcher of Agricultural Economics at the Department of Agricultural Economics in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He holds an Msc (2014) in Agricultural Economics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and a BSc in Agriculture and Forestry Faculty from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Moreover, He holds a Phd degree in agricultural Economics. His main research interests cover marketing and logistics development, cooperative policy, behavior economics and Industrial Organization. He has been involved in cooperative actions and in several private food companies.