Open AccessAgricultural Development: Planning and Implementation (Israel Case Study) by R. Weitz and A. Rokach, D. Reidel Publishing Co., Netherlands, 1967. pp.XIX + 404. Price 117s., DM 55.50.
Author(s) -
Hiromitsu Kaneda
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v8i4pp.637-638
Subject(s) - agriculture , settlement (finance) , productivity , political science , unit (ring theory) , publishing , agricultural economics , judaism , economic history , economy , geography , history , economics , economic growth , archaeology , law , mathematics education , mathematics , finance , payment
Jewish agricultural settlement since the 1880's can becharacterized by two unique features: the urban, educated people settledand became farmers of their own free will; and the agriculturalsettlement was carefully planned, first on the farm unit level, andlater on the regional and national levels. On both of these the Israeliexperience is unique in that each is the reverse of the usual processobservable elsewhere. During the twelve years following the attain¬mentof statehood in 1948 Israel absorbed successfully over 1.25 millionimmi¬grants into agriculture, over two-thirds of whom had none orlimited degree of familiarity with the "modern" agriculture, as theycame from North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Nonetheless, theybecame part of a highly technical and organized farming system. Between1950 and 1965, total agricultural pro¬duction in Israel increased by 500per cent. The productivity of labour in agri-/. culture rose at aremarkable annual rate of 10.8 per cent between 1955 and 1959 and at11.2 per cent between 1958 and 1963.