Enhancing Employment and Income in Agricultural Sector in Gaza

• High unemployment and food insecurity.
• Underperforming Agriculture sector due to different factors including: fast population growth, urban encroachment of agricultural land, water scarcity, and lack of production means due to Israeli blockade.
• Low performance of the market
• High potential for urban agriculture to enhance Gazans’s food security and improve their livelihoods, thus contributing to poverty reduction.

• Increase the income of small scale producers (women and men) through more effective and inclusive urban agriculture market systems

Subsistence, small and medium scale farmers (women and men) and communities involved in urban agriculture, including Community Based Organizations, cooperatives, service providers, agronomists and private companies.

• Capacities and practices of stakeholders in urban agriculture sub-sector are improved and lead to increased employment and income opportunities of small scale producers (women and men)
• Market functions in urban agriculture market system are improved and lead to increased access to market by small scale producers (women and men)

Principaux résultats attendus:  

• Information on urban agriculture is available and used
• Improved and low cost technologies and agricultural practices are capitalized and used
• Increased qualitative service delivery and outreach by service providers targeting small scale farmers and producers (women and men)
• Sustainable governing structures in urban agriculture are well functioning at local and regional levels
• Changed attitude of consumers (women and men) on the value of Gaza urban agriculture production

Both ministries of Agriculture and Local Governments, Research and Development, and training institutions.

Projects in the agricultural sector funded by other donors such as the Netherlands.

Linkages with the SDC supported TVET project in Gaza.

Linkages with SDC Local Governance project in oPt.

Phase 1 01.10.2011 - 31.12.2017   (Completed)