FARMERS' FEDERATION OF ISRAEL
- FARMERS' FEDERATION OF ISRAEL
- FARMERS' FEDERATION OF ISRAEL (Hitaḥadut ha-Ikkarim
be-Yisrael), an association of private farmers in Israel. It grew out of
the Union of Moshavot in Judea and Samaria, which was founded in 1920
with a membership of seven villages. The Federation is concerned with
the professional, economic, cultural and social problems of its members
and represents them vis-à-vis government agencies on marketing,
taxation, transportation, and similar questions. By 1970 it had local
branches in the form of agricultural committees or cooperatives in 42
villages, and members in some 60 other villages were assisted through
its institutions; its total membership was over 8,000 families. The
Federation worked through 14 associations for specific branches of
agriculture and a number of affiliated companies, including mortgage and
benefit funds, and companies for supply, marketing, and transportation.
Also affiliated were 80 agricultural, 10 citrus-growing, and 11
transportation cooperatives, the Pardess citrus-growers' syndicate and
the wine-growers' association of Rishon le-Zion and Zikhron Ya'akov. The
Federation maintained an agricultural secondary school at Pardes Ḥannah
and supported youth and sports clubs. It was among the founders of
Kuppat Ḥolim Ammamit (People's Sick Fund; now Kuppat Ḥolim Me'uḥedet)
which provides medical care for its members. It took the initiative in
expanding a number of older moshavot through the absorption of new
settlers and assisted in founding several new moshavim.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bustenai (weekly, 1929–39); Ikkarei Yisrael
(monthly, 1959– ); Ikkarei Yisrael-Sefer ha-Shanah (Yearbook,
1950– ).
(Gedalyah Elkoshi)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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