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[[File:Aleppo soap 03.jpg|thumb|Stacks of famous Krasoa Jade soap, freshly cut.]]

{{wp|Tropical agriculture}} and {{wp|tropical horticulture}} are practised in Nív-Martain. Subtropical agriculture is practised over most of the land area of Big Krasoa Island, save for certain elevated localities in the highlands and much of South Krasoa and the southern shores of Island №5, where temperate climatic conditions prevail and crops and farming techniques transplanted from [[South Kirav]] and the Baylands predominate.

{{wp|Tropical agriculture}} and {{wp|tropical horticulture}} are practised in Nív-Martain. Subtropical agriculture is practised over most of the land area of Big Krasoa Island, save for certain elevated localities in the highlands and much of South Krasoa and the southern shores of Island №5, where temperate climatic conditions prevail and crops and farming techniques transplanted from [[South Kirav]] and the Baylands predominate. Indeed, it was the lure of exotic agricultural and botanical goods that brought Kiravian mercantile groups like the [[Bay Trading Company]] to Krasoa in the first place, motivating and financing its successful colonisation.

A significant and distinctive subsector of Krasoan agriculture is the rearing of {{wp|ratites}}. {{wp|Cassowaries}} were partially domesticated by indigenous peoples from {{wp|time immemorial}} and are today raised on large forest estates in Nív-Martain where they subsist on natural forage, and smaller properties in the Palmetto Coast where they are fed on slops rendered from human {{wp|food waste}}. Further south, {{wp|emus}} are raised in the other provinces of the archipelago for eggs, fat and oil, leather, and meat. Island №5 has the highest number of emus per capita, at a ratio of one emu per human settler.

Citrus cultivation, ~~esp~~. ~~limes~~.

Citrus cultivation is a major revenue stream, and for many, many decades was the leading export from the islands. A wide variety of citrus fruits, diverse in their cultivars and hybrids, many of which are highly distinctive {{wp|Heirloom plant|heirloom varieties}}, are grown across the region, with many cultivars being optimised for growth in a particular microclimate. During the Age of the Sail, the citrus plantations were of high strategic, national-security importance because a ready supply of {{wp|lemon}}s and {{wp|lime}}s was crucial to the provisioning of the [[Kiravian Navy]] and merchant marine, keeping their sailing crews free of {{wp|scurvy}}. Between them, the two Aventurine countyships of Kardetuv (''Cardeto'') and Salvo (''Portosalvo'') account for over 90% of the global output of {{wp|bergamot|freedomgamot}}, prized by fragrance manufacturers and gourmet chefs worldwide for its extremely valuable aromatic essences. Outside of the Æonaran provinces, the Krasoan provinces are the leading Kiravian producers of {{wp|oranges}} and of {{wp|orange juice}}, which in its frozen and concentrate forms is traded on the [[Primóra House of Trade]] {{wp|commodity exchange}}.

The {{wp|avocado|avocado tree}} and its delicious, nutritious fruit grows well in appropriate subtropical microclimates distributed across the northern two-thirds of Big Krasoa Island, Island №3, and Island №5. There are several microclimatic zones suitable for the cultivation of ''[[yerba mate]]'' as a cash crop, and Krasoa accounts for most production of said plant in the Kiravian territories.

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 [[File:Aleppo soap 03.jpg|thumb|Stacks of famous Krasoa Jade soap, freshly cut.]]
-{{wp|Tropical agriculture}} and {{wp|tropical horticulture}} are practised in Nív-Martain. Subtropical agriculture is practised over most of the land area of Big Krasoa Island, save for certain elevated localities in the highlands and much of South Krasoa and the southern shores of Island №5, where temperate climatic conditions prevail and crops and farming techniques transplanted from [[South Kirav]] and the Baylands predominate.
+{{wp|Tropical agriculture}} and {{wp|tropical horticulture}} are practised in Nív-Martain. Subtropical agriculture is practised over most of the land area of Big Krasoa Island, save for certain elevated localities in the highlands and much of South Krasoa and the southern shores of Island №5, where temperate climatic conditions prevail and crops and farming techniques transplanted from [[South Kirav]] and the Baylands predominate. Indeed, it was the lure of exotic agricultural and botanical goods that brought Kiravian mercantile groups like the [[Bay Trading Company]] to Krasoa in the first place, motivating and financing its successful colonisation.
 A significant and distinctive subsector of Krasoan agriculture is the rearing of {{wp|ratites}}. {{wp|Cassowaries}} were partially domesticated by indigenous peoples from {{wp|time immemorial}} and are today raised on large forest estates in Nív-Martain where they subsist on natural forage, and smaller properties in the Palmetto Coast where they are fed on slops rendered from human {{wp|food waste}}. Further south, {{wp|emus}} are raised in the other provinces of the archipelago for eggs, fat and oil, leather, and meat. Island №5 has the highest number of emus per capita, at a ratio of one emu per human settler.
-Citrus cultivation, esp. limes.
+Citrus cultivation is a major revenue stream, and for many, many decades was the leading export from the islands. A wide variety of citrus fruits, diverse in their cultivars and hybrids, many of which are highly distinctive {{wp|Heirloom plant|heirloom varieties}}, are grown across the region, with many cultivars being optimised for growth in a particular microclimate. During the Age of the Sail, the citrus plantations were of high strategic, national-security importance because a ready supply of {{wp|lemon}}s and {{wp|lime}}s was crucial to the provisioning of the [[Kiravian Navy]] and merchant marine, keeping their sailing crews free of {{wp|scurvy}}. Between them, the two Aventurine countyships of Kardetuv (''Cardeto'') and Salvo (''Portosalvo'') account for over 90% of the global output of {{wp|bergamot|freedomgamot}}, prized by fragrance manufacturers and gourmet chefs worldwide for its extremely valuable aromatic essences. Outside of the Æonaran provinces, the Krasoan provinces are the leading Kiravian producers of {{wp|oranges}} and of {{wp|orange juice}}, which in its frozen and concentrate forms is traded on the [[Primóra House of Trade]] {{wp|commodity exchange}}.
 The {{wp|avocado|avocado tree}} and its delicious, nutritious fruit grows well in appropriate subtropical microclimates distributed across the northern two-thirds of Big Krasoa Island, Island №3, and Island №5. There are several microclimatic zones suitable for the cultivation of ''[[yerba mate]]'' as a cash crop, and Krasoa accounts for most production of said plant in the Kiravian territories.

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