Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 69)

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 69)

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i tes have
haps less than two dozen Khadourie gradua
history, per
profession. Ironically, it still
entered farming as 4 full-time
most of whom end in Jordan
Q0es on producing teacher trainees,
and the Gulf states.
1962 (near Hebron)
Atrroub Agricultural School was established in (
with the twin objectives of producing qualified farmers, while
simultaneously qualifying graduates to continue their college
@ducation if they wish to do so, This confused recipe of
Objectives proved to be a failure and the school developed a
Poor reputation.
Following occupation, the situation at Khadourie and A'rroub
has deteriorated. Graduates of both schools are largely redundant
at home, and the vast majority of them are forced to emigrate.
The Military Administration, on the other hand, is opposed to all
improvements which may entail additional budget demands! or, for
that matter, may help graduates take farming as their profession.
Although there is not yet a college of agriculture in any one
Of its three universities, the West Bank is certainly not deficient
in graduates of agriculture. A large number of students study
agriculture in foreign universities, almost always because of
their failure to Study a more attractive Profession,
medicine or engineering,
such as
And because of a clearly slanted
theoretical orientation in neighbouring college:
s
Upon their graduation,
es therefore, West Bank
1,
Interview with
Khadourie's Principal, May 20, 1981.
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agriculturalists are Preoccupied with their desire to seek a paid
job in the government service Or other public institutions. And
if they fail to do that they emigrate to neighbouring countries.
B - Agricultural extension and research
Agricultural extension was undertaken prior to occupation by two
exclusive institutions, the Department of Extension (in the
Ministry of Agriculture) and service technicians employed by
dealers of farm supplies. More respondents to the researcher's
enquiries involved in commercial types of farming, such as
Poultry, vegetables and citrus, seem to agree that servicemen
or advisers from private firms have played a major role in meeting
their technical demands. In fact their role in certain sectors,
Notably poultry, was considered to be far more significant than
that of official extension agents. Their effectiveness was
further accentuated, as we shall see later, by the important
role played by agricultural firms in providing their customers
with generous seasonal credit facilities.
AS most agricultural companies were based in Amman, their extension
and credit services came to an abrupt end immediately after
Occupation. This left all extension assignments to an ill-
Prepared and war-shattered department of agriculture. Like all
Other civil service institutions, the Department of Agriculture
fell under the direct custody of the Military Administration
in the Ministry of Defence.
Agricultural policies of the Military Administration
During the 3 to 4 years following occupation, the Department of
ued an active role
Agriculture in the Military Administration purs'
This interest was translated
in modernizing west Bank agriculture.

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Hisham Masoud Awartani

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