Agriculture in Greece is deeply rooted in history, and based on its Mediterranean climate. This practice encompasses a wide array of crops, including...
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Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity. Most Greek language agricultural...
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Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture is a key factor in the rise...
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Greek salad or horiatiki salad (Greek: χωριάτικη σαλάτα or θερινή σαλάτα) is a salad in Greek cuisine generally made with pieces of tomatoes, cucumbers...
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(1990), The Wines of Greece, London: Faber, ISBN 0-571-15388-7 Winemaking Agriculture in Greece Greek culture "Greece Wines Map". Greek National Tourism Organisation...
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Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders...
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Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th...
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Development and Food (Greek: Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων) is the government department that oversees agriculture in Greece. The incumbent minister...
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it. The agriculture sector in Greece accounts for 13% of the labour force in Greece, with one-third of exports in Greece being from agricultural products...
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Volakas, Elis (redirect from Epitalio, Greece)
are wooded hills in the northeastern part of Volakas, the southwestern part along the coast is flat and used for agriculture. The Greek National Road 9...
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The Agricultural Livestock Party of Greece (Greek: Αγροτικό Κτηνοτροφικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας; AKKEL) is a Greek political party founded in May 2014 with Evangelos...
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Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa. At least eleven separate regions of the Old and...
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An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development)...
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Gyros (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
a gyro (/ˈjɪəroʊ, ˈdʒɪər-, ˈdʒaɪr-/; Greek: γύρος, romanized: yíros/gyros, lit. 'turn', pronounced [ˈʝiros]) in some regions, is meat cooked on a vertical...
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Sesame seed candy (category Ancient Greek cuisine)
may was similar to the modern Greek sesame seed sweet (pasteli) which is made from the same ingredients. In modern Greece and Cyprus, sesame seed candy...
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Tirokafteri (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
Ktipiti or htipiti (Greek: χτυπητή, pronounced [xtipiˈti]), also known as tirokafteri (Greek: τυροκαυτερή, pronounced [tirokafteˈri]) or kopanisti (not...
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sectors (16%), with the agricultural sector contributing an estimated 4% of national economic output in 2017. Important Greek industries include tourism...
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Tahini (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
than tzatziki, which is customary in Greece; it is also used to make "tahinopitta" (tahini pie). In Greece, tahini (Greek: ταχίνι) is used as a spread on...
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overview of and topical guide to Greece: Greece – sovereign country located on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. It borders Albania...
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Moussaka (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
which is common in the Balkans and the Middle East, with many local and regional variations. The modern Greek variant was created in the 1920s by Nikolaos...
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mill Triptolemus (Τριπτόλεμος), god of farming and agriculture, he brought agriculture to Greece Trokhilos (Τροχιλος) god of the mill stone Apollo (Ἀπόλλων)...
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Halva (category Greek cuisine)
powder, or vanilla. In 1996 around 4–5 thousand tonnes of sunflower halva were being produced by Ukraine annually. In Argentina, Greek immigrants at the...
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Frappé coffee (redirect from Frappé (Greek))
A frappé coffee, cold coffee, Greek frappé, or just frappé (Greek: φραπέ, frapé [fraˈpe]) is a Greek iced coffee drink generally made from spray-dried...
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underlying agriculturally centered laws, warfare, and family life of the Greek Archaic or polis period. Hanson's central argument is that the Greeks who farmed...
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/ˈmɛzɛ/) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Armenian, Balkan, Greek, Levantine, and Turkish cuisines. It is similar to Spanish tapas...
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Mastika (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
region. In Greece, mastiha (Greek: μαστίχα) or mastichato (Greek: μαστιχάτο) is a sweet liqueur produced with the mastika resin from the Greek island of...
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Greek cuisine is the cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean, it is founded on the triad of...
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Saffron (category Greek cuisine)
averages 1,000–1,500 mm (40–60 in); saffron-growing regions in Greece (500 mm or 20 in annually) and Spain (400 mm or 16 in) are far drier than the main...
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Franchthi Cave (category Neolithic sites in Greece)
buried in the cave during the Mesolithic that suggest care for the dead. The cave also contains some of the earliest evidence for agriculture in Greece. Around...
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