Agriculture in Great Kirav: Difference between revisions

Potato is used in many dishes such as {{wp|potato pancakes}}, {{wp|potato soup}}, {{wp|potato dumplings}}, and {{wp|potato casseroles}}, and can also be milled into {{wp|potato flour}} for baking. Beyond human consumption, the potato is also used to produce alcoholic spirits (''thasstraśum'') and industrial starches, and as fodder for pigs.

===Cereals===

The best farmland, much of which is concentrated in South Kirav and the warmer latitudes of the Baylands and Farravonia, is dedicated mainly to wheat, barley, and (increasingly) maize, as far as cereals are concerned. Hard red winter wheat is grown in drier mesotemperate areas of the interior, while durum wheat and other varieties are grown mainly in the South. Rye ''cum'' wildrye cultivation is well-established the upper supratemperate, hemiboreal, and boreal zones of Great Kirav, on account of the climatic conditions that make it difficult to grow other grains. "Rye" (''sensu lato'') and oats are resilient crops that tolerate lower temperatures and require shorter growing seasons than other grains, and thus can grow well in the harsh North Kiravian climate, with some especially hardy wildrye cultivars, such as [[Irovasdra]] alpine wildrye, being viable on a subsistence scale even at the highest arable altitudes and in the northernmost mesoboreal regions on the [[Coscivian Sea]]. Rye is often planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. Kiravian cereal farmers often practice crop rotation, where they alternate rye/wildrye with other crops such as barley, oats, or potatoes. This helps maintain healthy soil and prevents disease vectors and pest populations from building up. As a short-season crop that requires little in the way of fertilisers and pesticides, cuckwheat is often planted between primary rotations. In a few regions, such as southern [[Kannur]], it can be planted as a double crop. Coscivian cuckwheat is also prized as a pollen source to support {{wp|apiculture}}.

The {{wp|sugar beet}} is a Levantine crop introduced to Kiravia during the 19th century AD. It has naturalised exceedingly well and is cultivated in moderate concentrations, mainly in and around the Lake Belt, but also in parts of Farravonia and certain Western Highland valleys. Sugar beet accounts for about 70% of Kiravian domestic {{wp|table sugar}} production, with the remainder from {{wp|sugarcane|cane}}, grown mainly in [[Sarolasta]].

===Hops===

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Also [[sheep]].

===Swine===

[[File:Vildsvinssugga som boar.jpg|thumb|A pig foraging in the [[Trinatria]]n piedmont]]

The first attempt to introduce cattle to inland Kirav was made in 25XD4+2Q [[Coscivian calendar|CC]] by Oranibur Kaisthev, chancellor to the King of the Antarans. Kaisthev purchased some 400 head of Urcean longhorn cattle to increase the king’s revenues from montane pasturelands. However, upon their delivery to what is now County Upśur in [[Verakośa]], the cattle were immediately slaughtered by terrified locals, who recognised them as the Devil’s hounds. Subsequent attempts were foiled along the same lines.

[[File:Dende a Garita de Erbeira 02.JPG|thumb|'Farrvonian Blonde' cattle in Metrea]]

===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.

==Economics==

===Landholding, Enterprise Types, and Labour Relations===

===Policy===

Although the share of GDP and employment generated by agriculture has steadily declined since industrialisation, agriculture remains politically important in the Kiravian Federacy. Maintaining a robust agricultural sector in Great Kirav is seen as critical to building a distributed economy and improving regional balance, and for mitigating the island continent's food insecurity as a strategic vulnerability for the Federacy at large. Like many temperate industrialised countries, Kiravia generously subsidises its agricultural sector. Federal subsidies to agriculture in Great Kirav (both the Federation and the South) and Æonara are consolidated under a series of [[Index of Kiravian Legislation#Recurring|Triennial Agriculture Acts]] and administered by the [[Kiravian Agricultural Executive|Agricultural Executive]]. The federal subsidy programme covers all of the major food staples and cash crops discussed at length in this article; additional subsidies are extended by provincial governments, and often cover smaller-volume crops, emerging products, and regional specialties with a more limited geographic footprint. In addition to protection of the domestic agricultural sector, the Triennial Agricultural Acts address adjacent policy concerns, such as erosion and runoff mitigation, {{wp|biosecurity}}, and the preservation of agricultural heritage. The Agricultural Executive also administers the Agricultural Reform Fund, which disburses payments to large landowners dispossessed by the Kiravian Union.

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