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Palestinian Agriculture

"An Introduction"

 

The following are some statisics about Palestinian Agriculture as compiled by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS):

 

Cultivated Area of Field Crops, Fruit Trees, and Vegetables
in Palestine - 1993/1994

 

Area: dunum
 

Field Crops

 

Region

Rainfed

Irrigated

Total

Grand Total

Gaza Strip

15,180

610

15,790

174,210

Jenin

114,635

335

114,970

346,739

Tulkarm

20,447

409

20,856

172,962

Nablus

44,557

17

44,574

244,627

Qalqilya

31,376

18

31,394

97,607

Tubas

24,520

3,611

28,131

51,646

Salfit

11,242

2

11,244

209,578

Ramallah

34,239

46

34,285

209,578

Jerusalem

6,841

0

6,841

29,470

Jerico

8,287

9,244

17,531

57,467

Bethlehem

16,633

104

16,737

51,976

Hebron

135,983

98

136,081

303,016

Total

463,940

14,494

478,434

1,826,801
*: Area under Cut- flowers cultivation (201.5 dunum) is not included
Source: Agricultural Statistics Questionnaire -93/1994 Ministry of Agriculture - Ramallah.
Agriculture Statistics -1994/93 Ministry of Agriculture - Gaza Strip.


Area: dunum
 

Fruit Trees

 

Region

Rainfed

Irrigated

Unbearing

Total

Grand Total

Gaza Strip

33,037

60,246

2,000

95,283

174,210

Jenin

178,431

1,041

7,148

186,620

346,739

Tulkarm

129,317

7,762

3,595

140,674

172,962

Nablus

195,410

210

2,394

198,014

244,627

Qalqilya

50,523

6,582

2,212

59,317

97,607

Tubas

9,492

1,159

473

11,124

51,646

Salfit

73,721

0

1,475

75,196

209,578

Ramallah

167,627

201

1,643

169,471

209,578

Jerusalem

21,110

4

603

21,717

  

 

Number of Livestock in Palestine 1993/1994

Birds : Thousands Bird

District

Bee Hives

Layers

Broilers

Goats

Sheep

Cows

Gaza Strip

23,000

625

12,277

21,000

25,000

4,300

Jenin

1,721

134

4,884

35,610

66,420

2,322

Tulkarm

1,780

209

590

2,023

7,453

745

Nablus

2,031

54

1,442

27,295

58,265

2,703

Qalqilya

1,142

114

112

1,818

8,761

626

Tubas

359

12

190

8,710

25,140

1,399

Salfit

26

54

79

6,316

3,304

359

Ramallah

4,043

200

2,526

32,170

29,177

935

Jerusalem

40

38

354

15,040

12,865

458

Jerico

8,112

16

240

17,250

26,340

983

Bethlehem

681

22

547

24,265

23,685

232

Hebron

2,165

301

5,181

67,705

235,275

1,408

Total

45,100

1,778

28,421

259,202

521,685

16,470

 

Courtesy:Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)

Statistics:Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

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