Agriculture in Greece is based on small, family-owned dispersed units, while the extent of cooperative organization stays at low comparative levels, against all efforts that have been taken in the last 30 years, mainly under European Union supervision. Greek agriculture employs 528,000 farmers, 12% of the total labor force. It produces more than 14% of the national GDP. Greece produces a wide variety of crops and livestock products. Fisheries are also playing an important role while forestry plays a secondary role. Current production Currently, Greek agriculture is heavily subsidized by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with controversial results. Certain deductions of subsidies are planned within the next decade. Greece produced in 2018: 1.2 million tons of maize; 1 million tons of olive (5th largest producer in the world, behind Spain, Italy, Morocco and Turkey); 1 million tons of wheat; 968 thousand tons of peach (3rd largest producer in the world, behind China and Italy); 933 thousand tons of grape (19th largest producer in the world); 913 thousand tons of orange (17th largest producer in the world); 837 thousand tons of cotton; 835 thousand tons of tomatoes; 630 thousand tons of watermelon; 465 thousand tons of potato; 353 thousand tons of sugar beet; 344 thousand tons of barley; 285 thousand tons of apple; 265 thousand tons of kiwi (5th largest producer in the world, behind China, Italy, New Zealand and Iran); In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products. Modern history 19th century In the 19th century, Greek agriculture was very basic. Implements found in western Europe had not yet appeared. The following description was reported by William Henry Moffett, American Consul in Athens and was published in the American periodical Garden and Forest (Volume 2, Issue 95, 18 December 1889, p. 612: published by Garden and Forest Publishing Co., Tribune Building, New York, N.Y.): William H. Moffett, United States Consul at Athens, reports the impossibility of making any official statement as to the agriculture of Greece, because "agriculture is here in the most undeveloped condition. Even in the immediate neighborhood of Athens it is common to find the wooden plow and the rude mattock which were in use 2,000 years ago. Fields are plowed up or scratched over, and crops replanted season after season, until the exhausted soil will bear no more. Fertilizers are not used to any appreciable extent, and the farm implements are of the very rudest