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Activity - Filming, Exploring, Documenting the Ktima Vassiliades “Oenou Yi” Winery

at Omodos Village

Climate change will inevitably transform the way farmers produce wine grapes which is a sensitive crop. Farming traditions and practices

used for centuries may have to change due to climate change. Wine grape producers need to practice new methods and experiment with
grape varieties which are more adaptable to hotter summers and warmer winters as well as droughts and unexpected weather events
like hailstorms, spring frosts, flooding, and extreme heatwaves.

Erasmus Teachers and students from Regional Gymnasium of Livadia who were working on the Erasmus Plus project: Enocultura 2018-1-

ES01-KA201-049936, had the opportunity to work together with the European Teachers during the TPM meeting which was organized in
Cyprus (December 2019) to meet the requirements of the Erasmus Plus Project: Let's be Eco-sustainAble, towards 2030 2019-1-IT02-
KA229-062748_2. The purpose was to learn about Wine Production in Cyprus and how climate change will affect the production of wine

in the island. Teachers and students had the opportunity to exchange ideas and share good practices. Most importantly they had the
opportunity to discuss how the two Erasmus projects can help students to become more aware about climate change and how this will

affect the wine production.

Cypriot Wine

The Cypriot wine industry ranks 50th in the world in terms of total production quantity (10,302 tonnes)., and much higher on a per capita

basis. Although, chronologically, Cyprus belongs to the Old World of wine-producing countries, the industry has gone through changes
that place it more on par with the New World. The wine industry is a significant contributor to the Cypriot economy through cultivation,
production, employment, export and tourism.

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