Quantification of farming systems in the Neguev settlement

Abstract

The Development Economics Department of the Agricultural University of Wageningen in involved in the Programme Zone Atlantica since the beginning in 1986 and started investigations in the Neguev Settlement in January 1991. The study was set up by Jogchum Finnema and we succeeded him in July 1991. In this report data collected from January 1991 until November 1991 were analyzed. This report contains eight chapters. Chapter 2 discusses the study in it is wider context and deals with the set up of the research. In the third chapter a general introduction of the research area are given. Chapter 4 is a detailed description of the 13 sample farms. The following chapter, chapter 5, presents an economic analysis of the farms, while chapter 6 analyzes their subsystems.