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Greek agriculture is based on small, family-owned dispersed units. Currently, 47,9% of agricultural land is arable land, 27,4% is composed of tree plantations, 2,1% is composed of vines and 22,4% is composed of other cultivations (mostly used as pasture land). [1] Greek agriculture employs 615,000 farmers, 12,4% of the total labor force. [2]
An ear of barley, symbol of wealth in the city of Metapontum in Magna Graecia (i.e. the Greek colonies of southern Italy), stamped stater, c. 530–510 BCE. During the early time of Greek history, as shown in the Odyssey, Greek agriculture - and diet - was based on cereals (sitos, though usually translated as wheat, could in fact designate any type of cereal grain).
Greece is a developed country with an economy based on the service (80%) and industrial sectors (16%), with the agricultural sector contributing an estimated 4% of national economic output in 2017. [1] Important Greek industries include tourism and shipping.
Laurium's silver mines provided the raw materials for the "Athenian owls", [8] [9] the most famous coins of the ancient Greek world. Less-valuable bronze coins appeared at the end of the 5th century. Coins played several roles in the Greek world. They provided a medium of exchange, mostly used by city-states to hire mercenaries and compensate ...
Greece differed greatly from any other country in the EC at the time of its admission as agriculture, although in decline, was a much larger sector of the economy than in any other EC member. In 1981 Greek agriculture made up 17% of GDP and 30% of employment, in comparison to 5% of GDP and less than 10% of employment in EU countries excluding ...
Ancient Greek crafts (or the craftsmanship in Ancient Greece) was an important but largely undervalued, economic activity. It involved all activities of manufacturing transformation of raw materials, agricultural or not, both in the framework of the oikos and in workshops of size that gathered several tens of workers.
Important Greek industries include tourism (with 33 million [212] international tourists in 2023, it is the 9th most visited country in the world) and merchant shipping (at 18% of the world's total capacity, [213] the Greek merchant marine is the largest in the world), while the country is a considerable agricultural producer (including ...
Agricultural machinery manufacturers of Greece (1 C, 4 P) ... Greek wine; O. The Other Greeks; P. Plant Health Inspection Service (Greece) Potato movement