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Aid to Greek cotton farmers by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

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Domestication, diversity and use of Brassica oleracea L., based on ancient Greek and Latin texts by Maggioni, L., Bothmer, R. von, Poulsen, G., Lipman, E.

“…Those studies are here extended to offer a comprehensive account of literary occurrences of the brassica vegetables in ancient Greek and Latin texts, between the VI century B.C.E. and the IV century C.E. …”
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A recursive dynamic linear programming farm-level model to simulate the structural change in the arable production system of a Greek region by Mantziaris, Stamatis, Rozakis, Stelios, Karanikolas, Pavlos, Tsiboukas, Konstantinos, Petsakos, Athanasios

“…Then we perform simulations for two policy scenarios: i) the business as usual (BAU) scenario and ii) the alternative policy scenario referred to as the CAP Post-2020 reform scenario based on the Greek Strategic Plan proposal for the CAP 2023-2027. …”
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Tyre gardens by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Enterprising gardeners with limited space at their disposal have been growing food in containers from earliest times. The ancient Greeks, for example, grew food in earthenware pots: these are still widely used today to increase growing space. …”
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Zambia is the place to bee by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…It was bartered for silk along the Asian trade routes through Samarkand seven centuries ago. Ancient Greeks and Romans made love potions of it. Honey and other products of...…”
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Food safety in low income countries by Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia, Baumann, M.P.O., Fries, R., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…At the same timethey are the most nutritious foods and their lack in diets contributes to micro-nutrient deficiency inaround 2 billion people annually.One in eight Canadians, one in six US Americans, one in four Chinese and Britons and one in threeGreeks fall ill each year from foodborne disease. …”
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Predators and losses of farm animals by Lundsten, Joakim, Rapp, Edvin

“…Bounties were used by ancient Greeks and are still used frequently around the world. …”
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Om den goda badplatsen : beskrivning och analys över fem skånska badplatsers historia, nyttjande och gestaltning i kontexten av badkulturens allmänna utveckling i Skåne by Lundgren, Cecilia

“…The European history of bath has its roots in the Greek culture about 2500 years ago. In every Greek town was situated at least one center of culture, a gymnasium, that contained bath establishements, areas for physical training, restaurants, librarys and readingrooms. …”

Framing renewable energy by Mavromatis, Dimitrios

“…This empirical study examined how the online Greek media is framing renewable energy resources, the EU directive and the Greek action plan, during the period of 2015-2017. …”
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'Feta' cheese gets geographical protection by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The European Commission has adopted a proposal to register Greek 'feta' cheese...…”
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A world of food by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Atlas is the Greek giant god who, for his arrogance, was sentenced to carry the planet Earth on his shoulders for eternity…”
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Public policy toward technical change in agriculture by Hazell, Peter B. R., Anderson, Jock R.

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Origin and domestication of cole crops (Brassica oleracea L.): Linguistic and literary considerations by Maggioni, Lorenzo, Bothmer, Roland von, Poulsen, Gert, Branca, Ferdinando

“…This paper gathers information from the linguistic, literary, and historical points of view that are compatible with the domestication of B. oleracea in the ancient Greek-speaking area of Central and East Mediterranean.…”
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The complete genome sequence of a divergent grapevine virus I isolate naturally infecting grapevine in Greece by Lotos, Leonidas, Ruiz-García, Ana B., Panailidou, Polina, Olmos, Antonio, Katis, Nikolaos, Maliogka, Varvara

“…RNAseq HTS analysis of a Greek grapevine (cv. Daphnia), revealed the presence of a GVI-like isolate (D2-1/19). …”
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Circles and spirals by Prabhu, R., Larson, A.M., Colfer, C.J.P.

“…This chapter begins with a look at the Greek concepts of ouroboros and triskelion, emphasizing the static versus dynamic nature of social phenomena, linking ACM to the latter. …”
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It’s about time: Intergenerational equity and nutrition by Gillespie, Stuart

“…In his 2019 book “Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crises and Change”, Jared Diamond starts by interrogating the word ‘crisis’. Coming from the Greek noun ‘krisis’ and the verb ‘krino’ there are several meanings — to separate, decide, a turning point. …”
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Genetic variability and evolutionary analysis of parietaria mottle virus: role of selection and genetic exchange by Galipienso, Luis, Martínez, Carolina, Willemsen, Anouk, Alfaro-Fernández, Ana, Font-San-Ambrosio, Isabel, Davino, Salvatore, Rubio, Luis

“…Phylogenetic analysis showed that PMoV isolates clustered in different clades: one (clade I) composed of only Italian isolates and three clades (clades II-IV) including the Spanish isolates. The Greek isolate GrT-1 used in this study was in clade IV for the CP phylogenetic tree whereas it formed a separate branch in the 2b phylogenetic tree. …”
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First report of Australian grapevine viroid in grapevine in Greece by Kryovrysanaki, Nikoleta, Katsarou, Konstantina, Olmos, Antonio, Ruiz-García, Ana B., Kalantidis, K., Pappi, Polyxeni G.

“…In 2017 and 2018, grapevine leaves and stems were collected from symptomatic and symptomless vines from various cultivars of prefecture of Heraklion and the vineyard of the Greek Institute of Grapevine in Likovrisi (Attica). …”
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Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice by Kent, Brianne A., Holman, Constance, Amoako, Emmanuella, Antonietti, Alberto, Azam, James M., Ballhausen, Hanne, Bediako, Yaw, Belasen, Anat M., Carneiro, Clarissa F. D., Chung Chen, Yen, Debat, Humberto Julio, Weissgerber, Tracey L.

“…The abstract and recommendations for stakeholders are available in Dutch, German, Greek (abstract only), Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Serbian.…”
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Report of a Working Group on Beta and the World Beta Network: Fourth Joint Meeting, 20-22 June 2012, Cappelle-en-Pévèle, France by Maggioni, L., Frese, L., Lipman, E., Bioversity International

“…Major decisions included: to support the Greek Gene Bank’s proposal for the establishment of a genetic reserve for B. nana on Mount Olympus; to revise the proposed list of 26 genetic reserve sites for Beta and Patellifolia identified by the AEGRO project and to extend it to non-EU countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russian Federation and Turkey); to prepare a project proposal to guarantee the future sustainability and further development of the International Database for Beta. …”
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