6% increase in Israeli agricultural output value
The value of agricultural output in 2011 stood at NIS 28.4 billion, NIS 17.1 billion of which was down to crops.
Compared to 2010, there was an increase of approximately 6% in the output value, 4% of which was crops related.
In 2011, there was a decrease of 14.7% in the quantity of citrus fruit for export, compared with 2010.
There was an increase of approximately 4.2% in the quantity of vegetables, potatoes, and melons in 2011, after a decrease of 9.9% in 2010, which resulted from the heat waves in Israel in that year.
The value of agricultural input increased by 11.2% in 2011. This increase originated mainly from an increase in the prices of fuel, lubricants, electricity, water, fertilizers and pesticides.
There was an increase of 8.2% in the consumption of water in agriculture in Jewish and mixed localities, from 996 million cubic meters in 2009 to 1,076 million cubic meters in 2010.
In 2011, there was an increase of 4% in the export of organic agriculture, which stood at 76,600 tons.
The import of chickpeas increased from 7,000 tons in 2010 to 12,400 tons in 2011, and the import of pears from 2.6 million tons to 3.6 million tons, respectively.
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Ari Goren
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