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Due to climatic similarities, [[Agriculture in Great Kirav|crops grown in northern Kiravian states]] like [[Kaviska]] and [[Fariva]] also grow well in Atrassica. These include such important Kiravian staples as {{wp|potato}}, {{wp|rye}}, {{wp|elymus}}, {{wp|buckwheat}}, {{wp|oats}}, {{wp|Arctic brome}} (for animal feed), {{wp|barley}} (featured on the provincial flag), {{wp|cabbage}}, and {{wp|collard}}. Pumpkins, gourds, and squash are grown extensively, and the province is ranked among the leading Kiravian producers and is the top interprovincial exporter of this category of produce, selling mainly to [[Æonara]]n and [[Krasoa Islands]] wholesalers. Corn is also grown more widely in Atrassica than in mainland Kiravian states of comparable altitude and climate. | Due to climatic similarities, [[Agriculture in Great Kirav|crops grown in northern Kiravian states]] like [[Kaviska]] and [[Fariva]] also grow well in Atrassica. These include such important Kiravian staples as {{wp|potato}}, {{wp|rye}}, {{wp|elymus}}, {{wp|buckwheat}}, {{wp|oats}}, {{wp|Arctic brome}} (for animal feed), {{wp|barley}} (featured on the provincial flag), {{wp|cabbage}}, and {{wp|collard}}. Pumpkins, gourds, and squash are grown extensively, and the province is ranked among the leading Kiravian producers and is the top interprovincial exporter of this category of produce, selling mainly to [[Æonara]]n and [[Krasoa Islands]] wholesalers. {{wp|Maize|Corn}} ({{wp|Corn|maize}}) is also grown more widely in Atrassica than in mainland Kiravian states of comparable altitude and climate. | ||
Although the level topography of Atrassica is favourable to intensive cultivation, the climate presents challenges to which only farmers in [[Kiroborea]]l and North Levantine countries have thoroughly adapted. Atrassican farmers rely on quick-ripening and frost-resistant varieties of crops, and they have cultivated south-facing slopes of hillocks as well as richer bottomlands to ensure production even in years with summer frosts, which are not terribly uncommon. Much farmland on the island was originally either forest or swamp, and the soil had usually required thorough and repeated treatment with lime and years of cultivation to neutralize excess acid and to develop fertility. Irrigation is not necessary anywhere on the island due to ample rainfall, but drainage systems are often needed to remove excess water. Due to the large amount of work required to make the more marginal lands arable, much of the island's poorer land was developed by (and still belongs to) collectivist Movement Settlements or close coöperatives with the capacity or organise these labour-intensive activities and sustain farmers through the early lean years. | Although the level topography of Atrassica is favourable to intensive cultivation, the climate presents challenges to which only farmers in [[Kiroborea]]l and North Levantine countries have thoroughly adapted. Atrassican farmers rely on quick-ripening and frost-resistant varieties of crops, and they have cultivated south-facing slopes of hillocks as well as richer bottomlands to ensure production even in years with summer frosts, which are not terribly uncommon. Much farmland on the island was originally either forest or swamp, and the soil had usually required thorough and repeated treatment with lime and years of cultivation to neutralize excess acid and to develop fertility. Irrigation is not necessary anywhere on the island due to ample rainfall, but drainage systems are often needed to remove excess water. Due to the large amount of work required to make the more marginal lands arable, much of the island's poorer land was developed by (and still belongs to) collectivist Movement Settlements or close coöperatives with the capacity or organise these labour-intensive activities and sustain farmers through the early lean years. | ||