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Greek agriculture employs 528,000 farmers, 12% of the total labour force. It only produces 7% of the national GDP (about $16 billion annually). A large number of the country's immigrants are employed in the agricultural sector of the economy, as well as construction and public works. Currently, Greek agriculture is heavily subsidised by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with controversial results. Certain deductions of subsidies are planned within the next decade. Greece produces a wide variety of crops and livestock products. Fisheries are also playing an important role while forestry plays a secondary role. MAJOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Greece's climatic and topographic conditions allow for an extremely large number of crops ranging from Tropical (eg Banana s) to those more typical of Northern Climates (eg Mushroom s). Major crops
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