The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 104)

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The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 104)

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dunums .*°
In the case of cereals, it was estimated that an additional 150,000 to
200,000 acres were brought under cultivation in ten years ending in 1882, mainly
in the southern coastal region.”
The agricultural expansion also involved a substantial increase in the
planting of olive trees, especially in the hill regions, sesame, and cotton,
although the latter’s growth was primarily confined to the period of the American
civil war.°' A further indicator of the extent of agricultural expansion and
increased production can be seen in the volume and vaiue of exports, a topic that is
discussed in the tertiary sector below.
One interesting aspect of the substantial increase in production output was
the lack of any accompanying major changes in the techniques of production. For
example, the traditional wooden plough continued to be used at this time. The
suitability of this type of plough to the soil and terrain, especially of the hill
regions, and the lack of peasant capital resources combined to prevent any risky
*Tbid., 265.
“An American consular report for 1882 quoted in Owen, Middle East, 175-6.
Tbid., 265.
'Scholch, ibid., 88; Marwan Buheiry, “The Agricultural Exports of Southern
Palestine, 1885-1914,” Journal of Palestine Studies 10, no. 4 (Summer 1981): 61-
81. As Buheiry points out, the planting and export of cotton existed earlier in the
century but eventually declined.
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