Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 8)

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 8)

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These criteria will be elaborated in a later section but it should
be emphasized at this point that agriculture is by far the most
important productive sector in the West Bank economy,
The importance of West Bank agriculture however, goes much beyond
these indicators since it bears on important political and social
considerations. This stems from the fact that agriculture is the
largest reservoir and employer of the three most disputed resources
on the West Bank: land, water and labour.
West Bank agriculture is characterised by the dominance of rainfed
patterns of farming. This is most clearly exemplified by the fact
that 95% of all cultivated land is rainfed, and only 4- 5% is
irrigated. The prospects of a sudden and substantial expansion in
water resources available for Palestinian farmers is unlikely as long
as Israel rules the occupied territories. This is one of the highly
disputed issues on which Israel is unlikely to take, as long as it
is not forced to, a flexible stand. Accordingly, the prospects for
developing West Bank agriculture, at least in the context of a
continued occupation, lie mainly in rainfed patterns of farming.
This is why the researcher has focused his attention on this sector
rather than on patterns of irrigated farming.
Objectives
This study is an exercise in development under a very unusual political
setting. Over the past fourteen years Israel has had an almost free
hand in the West Bank. It has instituted a wide range of measures
and policies which are underlaid by two major motives: a gradual
encroachment of land and water resources and an eventual major evacuation
of local residents. Israel has gone some way towards achieving both
of these objectives.

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank

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Hisham Masoud Awartani

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