Summary
A Ben Gurion University physiologist whose three decades of research and consultancy for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on camel milk and dairy products are the genesis of the camel-dairy proposal Dinero advances in Settling for Less — The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin (PDF p.228).
Details
- Yagil’s premise: camel milk and dairy products offer desert communities, where camels are culturally appropriate, physical well-being and the potential for substantial profits (PDF p.228).
- He has sought a joint programme with Jordan to meet local demand for camel dairy products, Israel’s and Jordan’s camel populations having both fallen precipitously (PDF p.228).
- On Negev numbers (22 March 2008): the population has stabilized around 3,000 and is increasing slightly as camels are “smuggled in from Sinai for an extremely low price” (PDF p.228).
- On resistance to a joint project: “the Jordanians are keen but not our [Negev] Bedouin. They refuse any control set up concerning the number of camels [they may utilize]”; the bedouin are “touchy” when camels are suggested — “‘Is that all we are fit for?’” (PDF p.229).
Related pages
Settling for Less — The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin, Segev Shalom