Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 144)

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 144)

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of rainfed farming in the West Bank. Ploughing, drilling, weed
control, and harvesting is performed mostly by modern machinery,
which are available widely through custom service units. On
farms where family labour is abundant, some of the production
Operations are performed manually, mostly by women and children,
Profitability
Table (VII-7) summarizes the results of a profitability study
conducted on a sample of five farmers. Respondent farmers were
4ll selected from the Jenin districtwhich was by far the most
important producer of market-oriented chickpeas. The
Sample constituted around 7 percent of all producers in that
@istrict with over 5 donums each.
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Table (VIII = 7)
Profitability of Chickpeas
unit JD per Quant. Value
= JD Fils
Cost outlay:
a. Land rent Donum 100,000 1 10 -
b. Production inputs - total 4 690
seeds (s. phosphate) kg 0,240 ll 2 640
fertilizer (s. phospha tq " 0, 040 30 1 200
pesticides Donum 0, 600 1 600
jute sacs no 0.250 1 250
©. Labour & machine service -
total 7 410
Ploughing Donum 1.00 1 1 -
discing " 0. 500 1 500
seed drilling om 0. 500 1 soo
fertilizer spreading " 0.200 z 200
Spraying « 0, 300 1 300
Pulling out the crop Women/days 1.200 1.8 2 160
threshing Hour 5.200 1/4 1 300
hauling of produce Men/days 3.00 1/4 750
Other expenses
& Interest on investment % 10 4 mnths 700
TOTAL cost 22 B00
RETURNS:
Seeds kg 0.200 120 24 -
Straw " 0.050 so 500
TOTAL RETURNS 26 500
Ner RETURNS 70
-—_WJ

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