The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 211)

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The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 211)

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main markets for soap were Egypt, Syrian, and, to a lesser extent, Asia Minor.
Olives also underwent substantial increase whether measured in area or
output. The area cultivated with olives increased from nearly 308,000 to 593,000
dunums from 1931-1934 to 1940-1944, respectively, a 93 percent increase. Output
increased from about 15,000 tons to more than 41,000 tons between 1920-1924 and
1940-1944, respectively, a 174 percent increase. In terms of value, it is not
possible to establish a continuous tendency of increase or decrease because of the
substantial fluctuations in annual yield derived primarily from the nature of the
olive tree and, to some extent, the amount of rainfall.
By 1945, the area cultivated with olive trees grew to more than 600,000
dunums of which more than 592,000 were Arab owned (i.e., about 99 percent of
total).°' Jewish European cultivation of olives was insignificant at less than 8,000
dunums. This is explained by the labor-intensive requirements of olive cultivation
that included extensive terracing to prevent soil erosion. During the Mandate,
labor-intensive agriculture was, on the whole, eschewed by Jewish European
farmers, as intensive methods of production were increasingly adopted.
There are no continuous figures for the production of olive oil. However, it
appears that the increase in output was not substantial although the area cultivated
with olives greatly increased. For the years preceding WWI, average annual
production of olive oil was about 7,000 tons, of which about half was conserved
and the other half used in the manufacture of soap for the domestic and regional
survey I, 323.
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