HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH IN ISRAEL: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

1^st phase: Establish easy to handle fruit products: wine grapes and almonds, late 19 century.

2^nd phase: Establish citrus orchards in irrigated land for export mostly, Early 20 century.

3^rd phase: Widening the variation of fruit crops for local consumption and part for export: mostly after 1950.

4^th phase (present): Reduced profitability of export and increase of local demand led to increase in production for the local market on the expense of export. Opening of the markets to importation leads to improvement in production efficiency. As of the late 80ies of this century.

5^th phase (future): Concentrating on niche markets with a high return for specialty product for export and local market, reduced labor involved in horticultural crops. In the local market, increased efficiency due to competition from other countries.

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