Palestinian farms break new ground with ostrich and mushrooms
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/S...53c82880f3.jpgFifty-year-old farmer Abdelrahman Abu Tir, whose name coincidentally translates as "father of the bird", has for the last three years been farming ostriches for meat in a project unique in the Palestinian Territories. In a**ther corner of the West Bank in Jericho, a separate group of agricultural entrepreneurs have begun the first Palestinian mushroom farm since Israel occupied the territories in 1967. The two projects are among a growing number of ventures in Palestinian agriculture that seek to fill gaps in the market, both for business purposes and to cut reliance on the Jewish state for food. Picking at tufts of coarse grass, Abu Tir's giant birds -- **rmally spotted on the plains of Africa -- look out of place in the village of Dar Salah, where he keeps 200 of them on around two hectares (five acres) of land.




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