Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 202)
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- Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 202)
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of spraying vineyards would be covered by producers
themselves without the need for further subsidy.
Processing of grape products.
A large part of the increased supply should be processed
into other products which may have a good market potential.
In addition to wine, grapes may be used to produce jam,
syrup, juice, raisins and malban.
It would be very unlikely that a wine factory would be
established in Hebron district, but a lot more could be
done to support existing wineries in neighbouring pethlehem
district. Most importantly, it is proposed to introduce
more effective ways of by-passing religious inhibitions
still observed by most farmers. The fact that most of the
West Bank grapes sold in Israel is channelled into wineries
is perhaps an encouraging sign!
As for the introduction of other industries, the problem
is much more complex. Past attempts met little success
due to the erratic supply of grapes and occasional boom
in prices of table grapes. put there is a firm conviction
that over-supply is imminent in the future, and the need
Resides the need
is growing for precautionary measur:
for a more vigorous marketing policy (see 5.1) the problem
of a larger simply could be offset by the construction of
Cold storave facilities and grape-based industri A
feasibility study for both purposes was suggested earlier
(s0@ 5.3 and 5,4),
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Almonds
In view of the policy guidelines outlined earlier in this
chapter, the following projects and development measures
are suggested.
Dissemination of almonds as a forest tree-
Some varieties of almonds (especially bitter and hard-
shelled) are probably tolerant to rugged topography even
more than olives - although their longevity is admittedly
much less. But almonds have the additional advantage of
being much easier and cheaper to propagate, since that is
possible merely by direct sowing of seeds.
The suggested project aims at extensive sowing of almond
seeds in land of classes 4 and 5. At worse, emerging trees
could be considered as forest plantations which would yield
much higher returns than alternative forest trees. The
prospect remains open, however, that wild almond orchards
could be rehabilitated to a commercial status by providing
a limited amount of cultural practices.
The fact that most of land area in marginal categories has
become after occupation of a controversial title should not
deter the proposed seeding campaign, at least until the
military authority expresses its explicit opposition.
Sowing almond seeds is best accomplished through voluntary
work committees which have been set up in recent years by
university and high school students in most towns and large
villages. The financial obligations for this project are
relatively modest. The price of one olive seedling would - تاريخ
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- Hisham Masoud Awartani
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