The current status of the date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.)‎ and its uses in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

العناوين الأخرى

الوضع الحالي لشجرة النخيل و استخداماتها في قطاع غزة

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Radwan, Iqbal Sufyan Ismail

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Abd Rabbih, Abd al-Fattah Nazmi

أعضاء اللجنة

Abu Shamalah, Nabil Abd al-Rahman
al-Agha, Muhammad Ramadan

الجامعة

الجامعة الإسلامية

الكلية

كلية العلوم

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم العلوم الحياتية

دولة الجامعة

فلسطين (قطاع غزة)

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2017

الملخص الإنجليزي

Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is considered one of the most important fruit crops in Palestine.

Its cultivation has been known for thousands of years.

It has a major socio-economic importance due to its commercial, nutritional, environmental, social, health and religious values.

It possesses a minimum water demand and tolerates high levels of salinity and harsh weather.

Due to its importance as a resistant and strategic crop facing serious threats, the current study comes to investigate the current status of the Date Palm tree and its uses in the Gaza Strip.

Field surveys and questionnaire interviews (N=150) were applied to fulfill the purpose of the study.

The current study revealed a total number of 250,000 trees of Date Palm in the whole Gaza Strip.

Its cultivation is more concentrated in the Middle Governorate.

At least, 19 cultivars have been recorded locally with the Hayani, Barhee and Bentaisha are the most common.

The average of balah production in the last years was 12,000 – 15,000 ton per year.

The Red Palm Weevil (RPW) is a major serious pest threatening the sustainable production of the Date Palm sector in the Gaza Strip.

The introduction of infected offshoots from Egypt and ability of adult weevils to fly long distance seem to be main causes of the local infections discovered in late 2011.

Different control techniques have been adopted by the responsible parties to combat the insect.

More than 40 industries have been found to be associated with Date Palm trees in the Gaza Strip.

Handicraft production and food industries are the main creative uses of the Date Palm by the Palestinian community.

The results of the questionnaire survey in the Middle Governorate pointed out that the Hayani cultivar was grown by all respondents.

About 59% of the respondents suffered from the decrease of the number of Date Palm trees in their orchards due to different causes including Israeli procedures and pest attacks.

The average production of the Date Palm tree reaches 130 kg per year.

As far as wildlife is concerned, 55.3% of the respondents ensured the occurrence of tens of vertebrate faunistic species in their Date Palm orchards.

All respondents were aware of the environmental values and the popular uses and industries achieved by Date Palm trees and this is a good sign of consideration.

70.7% of respondents were found to produce household products such as Ajwa, Eid cakes, molasses, etc.

With regard to the threats facing the Date Palm sector in the Gaza Strip, 90.0% confirmed such risks and problems.

The Israeli occupation with its military operations and the outbreak of RPW are main crucial threats.

About 77% used a variety of chemical pesticides to combat and eliminate Date Palm pests.

84.0% believed that the local projects of Date Palm cultivation have several advantages such as the provision of self-sufficiency and food security, improvement of productivity and national income and reduction of unemployment rate.

Finally, the study recommends the improvement of the processes of Date Palm cultivation, production and marketing, and the cooperation of the different parties to ensure good sustainable development of this sector in the Gaza Strip.

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأحياء

الموضوعات

• قطاع غزة
• النخيل
• التمور
• سوسة النخيل الحمراء

عدد الصفحات

143

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-735241