6/17/2023 0 Comments Grape festivalGrape production constitutes 12% of the gross domestic product of Palestine. In Jenin governorate, grapes are planted in the towns of Ya’bad, Qabatiya and Misilyah.”Īyyash told Al-Monitor that grapes rank second after olives in agricultural production in Palestine, with 23% of the produce exported to Israel. Grape cultivation is concentrated around Hebron, which has the highest grape production in the Palestinian territories. There are also seedless grapes that enter the market early in the fall and sell at a good price. He added, “There are up to 50 types of Palestinian grapes, including white grapes such as Jandali and Hamdani, and red Damascene grapes. 15 when it is the high season for grapes.”Ību Ayyash said, “There are 10,000 grape farmers in the West Bank 63,640 dunams of land are used for grape production, and we produce around 55,000 tons of grapes annually, including 27,000 tons produced in Hebron alone and 2,000 tons in Jenin.” “We are trying hard to encourage farmers to plant different kinds of grapes in the Palestinian territories,” Fathi Abu Ayyash, the director of the Fruit and Grapes Council, told Al-Monitor, “We want to increase and improve the production of the existing grapes, especially between Aug. The festival also showed the history and current developments in grape cultivation in the Palestinian territories in general and Jenin in particular through products and workshops. The festival, which was organized by the Local Economic Development platform at the end of August in Jenin province, northern West Bank, aimed to introduce new varieties of Palestinian grapes that could enter the European markets and compete with other grape varieties globally. JENIN, West Bank - “There are regular grapes, then there are Jenin grapes,” boasts the slogan for Jenin’s first grape festival, reflecting this West Bank province’s desire to create awareness of Palestine’s second best-known product after olives.
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