THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 30, 1977 17
Israel Peanut Business Booms, Countries Plant Israeli Brand
BY DIANA LERNER
Israeli variety, the Golden
I-bred variety-is being
grown in Panama, Mexico,
Venezuela and the U.S. pea-
nut belt.
Yields of 20,000 to 22,000
tons from 240 to 260 acres
were reported. Seventy per-
cent of the crop is exported
to Europe, earning foreign
currency to the tune of $9.5
million dollars last year.
These facts were reported
by Prof. Amram Ashri who
has just returned from a
consulting mission to Mexi-
co, Peru, Panama and Hon-
duras on behalf of the Food
and Agricultural Organiza-
tion (FAO). The professor is
chairman of the genetics
and breeding group in the
Agricultural Faculty of the
Hebrew University in Reho-
vot. Ashri's mission was to
study what edible vegetable
oils could be extracted from
peanuts, safflower, sunflo-
wer and sesame seeds by
countries importing them.
Scientists regard the pea-
nut as nature's masterpiece
of food value, considered
superior to soya as a source
of nutritive energy to alle-
viate world shortages of oil
and plant protein.
A few years ago, when
one Israeli peanut expert
was at the Tifton and
Plains, Ga., research sta-
tions, he talked shop with
one memorable peanut
farmer in the area, whose
broad smile has since be-
come rather well known. "I
was impressed with the
knowledge of the farmer,
who I later learned was
Jimmy Carter," said the Is-
raeli. "He a man deeply
attached to the soil; he lives
it, as the Israeli saying
goes.
"The farmer, I'd been
told, was then the governor
of Georgia," related the Is-
raeli. While governor he had
visited Israel. One of the
REHOVOT, Israel—
"Whoever coined the stock
phrase equating peanuts
with trivia was a bonehead
and singularly ill-in-
formed," quipped Yaacov
Harari, director of the Is-
rael Groundnut Production
and Marking Board. A post-
er in his office, which
speaks for about 1,200 Is-
raeli farmers proclaims:
"We work for peanuts and
we like it."
Peanuts, in fact, are be-
coming big business for Is-
rael, which now boasts the
highest yield of peanuts per
acre—discounting Rhodesia
with a 40-day longer grow-
ing season.
In 21 years, the Israeli
peanut has become known
internationally as one of the
best products available, its
reputation based on ad-
vanced research in cultiva-
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three things in Israel he had
requested to see was a pea-
nut farm. Later Carter
said: "I was prepared to
take lessons from the Is-
raelis about the Holy Land
and the Bible which they
gave the world. But to be
taught by the Israelis how
to grow peanuts was some-
thing a native of Georgia
never anticipated. What I
learned about peanut grow-
ing in Israel was simply
stunning," said Carter.
A dry product that does
not require special carriers,
peanuts can be shipped all
year round. Israel supplies
from 25 to 30 percent of the
demand of western Europe
for unshelled peanuts. Popu-
lar as a snack, Israel's
Shulamit brand commands
the best price because of its
size and quality.
Originally brought to Is-
rael from the U.S., the
Shulamit is a cross between
two American varieties. Af-
ter being developed in Is-
rael, it was returned with
improvements to the U.S.,
where it is now grown in
some parts of the American
peanut belt. Several other
new strains evolved in Is-
rael are currently being
used in the U.S. breeding
programs.
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