Israeli farmers have turned in a record wheat harvest of 210,000 tons, comprising about 60 percent of the country’s total requirements, it was reported here today by a spokesman for the Agricultural Ministry. He stressed the importance of the domestic yield in view of the decline in wheat surpluses throughout the world.
Comparison between the yields of Arab farmers on the West Bank of the Jordan, now occupied by Israel, and Israel’s current output, showed that the former Jordanian region had produced an average of only 60 to 70 kilograms per dunam, while the average per-dunam yield in Israel was more than 200 kilograms.
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