Agriculture Minister Moshe Dayan told the Knesset last night that he foresaw an overall increase of about thirty percent in agricultural production within three to four years.
Summing up a debate about agriculture, which opened last week by his own speech giving a pessimistic picture of Israel’s farming, Mr. Dayan brightened the picture by “looking at the other side of the coin.” He said that while the main growth should come from new settlements, there was room for old established settlements to expand about ten percent in a three-year period.
Mr. Dayan foresaw a particular increase in fruit and citrus production. During the debate the main attacks of the Knesset members were directed at Mr. Dayan’s announced determination to limit dairy farming in veteran settlements by reducing or eliminating milk subsidies.
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