The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 227)

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The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 227)

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As early as 1930, Jewish European farmers derived only 11 percent of their
total income (including nonagricultural income) from cereals, while the
corresponding figure for Arab peasants was 52 percent.'’? These figures are, of
course, a reflection of the various degree of importance the cultivation of wheat
and durra occupied in the lives of its growers, which was largely determined by
the availability of resources at their disposal.
For Arab peasants, wheat and durra were the main stable food crops that
they had to have every single year. On the other hand, as has been noted, Jewish
European farmers “grow wheat only where they cannot irrigate or as one crop in
the extended rotation.”’° In this vein, it is worth noting that Jewish European
output of all cereals provided only 9 percent of the total cereal consumption of
urban Jewish Europeans in 1938-1939 and 7 percent in 1944-1945, while the
remainder was mostly imported.’' By the end of the Mandate, the above-
mentioned income figures from cereals must have decreased’ as the area,
output, and value of other crops increased, but much more so for Jewish European
farmers because of the continuous growth in mixed farming.
Another important difference between Jewish European farmers and Arab
peasants was the average yield per dunum for wheat and durra, although in both
"Horowitz and Hinden, 40-1; Johnson-Crosbie Report, 14.
20Nathan et al., 459-60.
21Caiculated from table in Gurevich, Handbook, 176.
Tata are insufficient to derive exact figures.
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