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September 2, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1125541489065

Gush Katif Produce Vendor Optimistic After Disengagement

(Jerusalem Post) Daniel Kennemer - Alei Katif, the primary vendor of Gush Katif's insect-free agricultural produce for nearly 16 years, is looking forward with optimism, despite losing more than half of its growers and supply of produce with Israel's evacuation of the Gaza Strip. Roughly 60% of Alei Katif's total produce came from Gush Katif, while the remaining 40% came from growers in the western Negev. Since the disengagement, the volume of produce shipped declined by "much more than half. There is a big shortage in produce," said Amir Dror, marketing and sales manager. "We hope that they will all come back to agriculture," Dror said of the dispersed evacuees. "Within five to six months we will be able to provide the amount of produce that we were producing before," he said.

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