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====Cucumbers==== | ====Cucumbers==== | ||
Kiravia is a leading producer of {{wp|cucumbers}}, and the cultivation of this notoriously cool vegetable is widespread across various regions in Great Kirav, as well as overseas components of the Federacy and Collectivity. Cucumber cultivation in Great Kirav involves both open-field and {{wp|greenhouse}} production. Open-field cultivation is predominant, particularly in the warmer months and climes, while greenhouses are utilised to extend the growing season and ensure a more consistent yield throughout the year, by sheltering the frost-susceptible cucumber plant from the often chilly weather of Kiravian springs and autumns. In addition to greenhouses, farmers in Great Kirav commonly employ other modern agricultural practices, including the use of advanced irrigation systems and high-quality seeds to optimise cucumber production. The cultivation cycle typically begins in spring, with planting and harvesting occurring at specific intervals depending on the cucumber variety and intended use. Both slicing and pickling cucumbers are grown in Kiravia,<ref>Slicing cucumbers are often cultivated for fresh consumption, while pickling cucumbers are processed for the production of pickles.</ref> and together they are the third-largest category of Great Kiravian produce by total annual production value, behind potato and cereals and just slightly ahead of rapeseed. | Kiravia is a leading producer of {{wp|cucumbers}}, and the cultivation of this notoriously cool vegetable is widespread across various regions in Great Kirav, as well as overseas components of the Federacy and Collectivity. Cucumber cultivation in Great Kirav involves both open-field and {{wp|greenhouse}} production. Open-field cultivation is predominant, particularly in the warmer months and climes, while greenhouses are utilised to extend the growing season and ensure a more consistent yield throughout the year, by sheltering the frost-susceptible cucumber plant from the often chilly weather of Kiravian springs and autumns. In addition to greenhouses, farmers in Great Kirav commonly employ other modern agricultural practices, including the use of advanced irrigation systems and high-quality seeds to optimise cucumber production. The cultivation cycle typically begins in spring, with planting and harvesting occurring at specific intervals depending on the cucumber variety and intended use. Both slicing and pickling cucumbers are grown in Kiravia,<ref>Slicing cucumbers are often cultivated for fresh consumption, while pickling cucumbers are processed for the production of pickles.</ref> and together they are the third-largest category of Great Kiravian produce by total annual production value, behind potato and cereals and just slightly ahead of rapeseed. | ||
====''Allium''==== | |||
Vegetable crops belonging to the genus ''Allium'', such as {{wp|onion}}, {{wp|garlic}}, {{wp|scallion}}, {{wp|shallot}}, {{wp|leek}}, and {{wp|chives}}, are a highly important crop in Kiravian cuisine, and have been so since [[Prehistory of Great Kirav|prehistoric times]]. These crops are, as appropriate to each species, grown throughout the arable regions of Great Kirav. The most productive ''Allium''-growing regions, however, are [[Kaviska]], the interior plains surrounding the [[Lake Belt]], and [[Farravonia]]. Farravonia is also the main garlic, shallot, and chive-growing region. Under the traditional caste-based economy, most onion and leek production in the Kir-majority regions was undertaken by ethnic minorities, namely the [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|Kempans and Kyrnans]]. Leeks grow exceptionally well in the upper-middle latitudes of the continent on account of their preference for cooler climatic conditions. | |||
The artisanal gathering of {{wp|wild onions}} for soup and other cooking is still widely practised in rural Kirav, and as a hobby in suburban areas. | |||
===Hops=== | ===Hops=== | ||
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Also [[sheep]]. | Also [[sheep]]. | ||
===Tinav=== | |||
The ''tinav'' is a {{wp|camelid}} similar to the {{wp|llama}}, {{wp|guanaco}}, or {{wp|alpaca}}. Its wild-type variant, no longer extant, was native to the alpine grasslands of West Kirav and was domesticated by the time of the Chalcolithic. Stock-raising of the ''tinav'' was a transformative event in Kiravian history, enabling the establishment of regular long-range overland trade networks and the geographic extension of political structures such as states and tribute networks. This made possible the Verticalist mode of production under the Emperald Emperors. In addition to its use as a draught animal, the ''tinav'' is raised for {{wp|wool}}, meat, and...maybe milk? | |||
===Swine=== | ===Swine=== | ||
[[File:Vildsvinssugga som boar.jpg|thumb|A pig foraging in the [[Trinatria]]n piedmont]] | [[File:Vildsvinssugga som boar.jpg|thumb|A pig foraging in the [[Trinatria]]n piedmont]] | ||
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===Dogs=== | ===Dogs=== | ||
A pygmy dog breed known in Ænglish as the {{wp|Chihuahua|Kirish game hound}} is raised for meat, mainly in the interior and parts of the Baylands. Dogmeat was historically regarded as poor man's fare, but has recently undergone something of a lobster effect and become fashionable among the élite. Consumption of dogmeat was on the decline for much of the modern era, but rapidly expanded during the latter half of the Kirosocialist period due to food scarcity caused by the command economy. As dogs were outside the scope of government planning and not regulated as livestock, they could be raised for sale on the {{wp|black market}} without fear of criminal penalty. Contemporary production is mainly for the domestic market, due to low foreign demand and legal prohibitions in many countries. | A pygmy dog breed known in Ænglish as the {{wp|Chihuahua|Kirish game hound}} is raised for meat, mainly in the interior and parts of the Baylands. Dogmeat was historically regarded as poor man's fare, but has recently undergone something of a lobster effect and become fashionable among the élite. Consumption of dogmeat was on the decline for much of the modern era, but rapidly expanded during the latter half of the Kirosocialist period due to food scarcity caused by the command economy. As dogs were outside the scope of government planning and not regulated as livestock, they could be raised for sale on the {{wp|black market}} without fear of criminal penalty. Contemporary production is mainly for the domestic market, due to low foreign demand and legal prohibitions in many countries. | ||
==Paludiculture== | |||
Great Kirav and [[Faneria]] are the world's leading centres of {{wp|paludiculture}}. {{wp|Peat}} remains an important energy source in Great Kirav and other parts of [[Kiroborea]]. | |||
Traditional paludiculture went into decline during the industrial revolution, as growing demand for energy caused the value of bulk peat and peat fuel briquettes to vastly outstrip that of other peatland products. Intact peatlands were previously used for fishing, hunting, grazing, and gathering, as well as the non-intensive cultivation of sod and other minor products supplemental to the traditional peasant household. Paludiculture is currently being revived in the 212th century with support from provincial peat ministries to promote more sustainable use and conservation of the great Kiravian peatlands. | |||
==Aquaculture== | |||
==Apiculture== | |||
==Economics== | ==Economics== | ||
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