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AGRICULTURE

The village's inhabitants were occupied with agriculture since the old days. Some had their own fields, which they tilled. However, most of the village's inhabitants were landless and were compelled to obtain fields from those that had ones through a partnership regime so as to cultivate. The owner granted the -cultivated -field, the water, half the chemicals and half of the fertilisers. The worker provided his labour and half of the expenses. The two shared the revenue equally. The same partnership method still occurs today.

The village's most important products are the artichokes and - excellent quality -watermelons. Through this the village became known throughout Cyprus and also in neighbouring countries, carrying out exports of the above produce since the old days. Potatoes, okras, and other garden-produce are also cultivated in the community's region. During recent years, the cultivation of agricultural produce in greenhouses has developed. In the community's cultivable stretches, irrigation was done through the wells until the water-dam was created in 1963, as a large percentage was irrigated by it. Today, Kiti is included in a land re-allotment region and is irrigated by the South Conveyor.

10% of the community's inhabitants are occupied with agriculture.

FARMING

There is a large aviary in Kiti today, branched out throughout Cyprus. This unit also imports fish from abroad, which it distributes in the market of Cyprus.

There are about 15 stockbreeding units that deal with the raising of goats/sheep, cows, and horses.

The Community Council has plans for the creation of a stockbreeding zone in the west of the community, where all the stockbreeding units will be transferred.

The inhabitants occupied with stockbreeding add up to about 3% of the community's population.