Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 357)

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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 357)

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portion of crop exported ranged from 1-100%, but the most
common portion of the crop exported was 52%. This figure is
directly in line with the Jordanian export regulations
operating in 1983, which allowed farmers to export half of
their product across the border bridges to Jordan. However,
quite a Significant number of farmers (27%) exported more
than 75% of their crop to Jordan during this period and a
further 14% exported between 95 -100% of their crop. Some
farmers were able to avoid the Jordanian quota system, most
probably by utilising existing patronage and power structures
in the region, perhaps at the expense of those 17% of farmers
who exported less than a third of their crop. It is clear
from these figures that the tomato export market played a
major role in the agrarian economy of the region and tomato
production and marketing was substantially geared up and
integrated to the export sector.
If we look at the class characteristics of this export
pattern we find that of the 390 sharecroppers who produced
tomatoes, 89% exported some portion of their crop; 73% of
shepherds, 74% of cash tenants, 76% of smallholders and 100%
of farming-landlords, did likewise. Thus, the export market
plays a major role in the economy of all agrarian classes
although it is particularly important for sharecroppers and
farming-landlords. This heavy weighting of sharecroppers and
farming-landiords is probably, for different reasons, a
reflection of their superior access to the export market due
to their specific class relations of production. In other
words, sharecroppers obtain access to the export market
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