{"id":221667,"date":"2019-10-01T10:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=221667"},"modified":"2019-10-03T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T14:25:56","slug":"moving-out-of-debt-and-into-self-sufficiency-supporting-gaza-farmers-affected-by-restrictions-and-protests-ocha-article","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/moving-out-of-debt-and-into-self-sufficiency-supporting-gaza-farmers-affected-by-restrictions-and-protests-ocha-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Out of Debt and Into Self-sufficiency: Supporting Gaza Farmers Affected by Restrictions and Protests – OCHA Article"},"content":{"rendered":"
Posted on\u00a01 October 2019<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n

An oPt Humanitarian Fund success story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahmed Badawi is a 48-year-old farmer, who provides for his wife and nine children. The family owns about two acres of land, located 400 metres from Israel\u2019s perimeter fence with Gaza, in the Ash Shuja\u2019iyeh of the Gaza Strip. For many years, Israel has restricted the access of Palestinians to areas near the fence, undermining farming. In addition, since 30 March 2018, Palestinians have been demonstrating there, on an almost-weekly basis, as part of the \u2018Great March of Return\u2019 (GMR), causing damage to crops in the process.<\/p>\n

When the protests began, Ahmed\u2019s watermelon, tomato and zucchini crops were all destroyed, and the family\u2019s main source of income was severely affected. According to the Ministry of Agriculture in Gaza, since the beginning of the demonstrations in March 2018, about 400 farmers have sustained damages in this context.<\/p>\n

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Ahmed Badawi harvesting eggplants, May 2019. Photo by UAWC<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Thanks to the support that he received, Badawi was able to rehabilitate 1.7 acres of his land, cultivate it with eggplants, and harvest about 40 to 45 tons. By the end of June 2019, he had managed to generate an average monthly income of $840 and pay off all his debts. With this level of income, Ahmed can now sustain his farming activities and cover his family\u2019s basic needs. In addition, UAWC bought Badawi\u2019s entire crop above market value, and distributed the produce through food parcels to vulnerable families.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout this support, I would never have been able to re-launch my farming activities,\u201d Badawi affirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Project name:<\/strong><\/td>\nProtecting fragile livelihoods of farmers affected by the \u201cGreat March of Return\u201d in the access restricted areas, through urgent livelihood support to restore their agricultural production capacity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cluster:<\/b><\/td>\nFood Security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of beneficiaries:<\/b><\/td>\n1,159 (farmers and their families)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benefitting communities:<\/b><\/td>\nGaza Strip<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allocation:<\/b><\/td>\nUS$300,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Implementing partner:<\/b><\/td>\nPUI (Premi\u00e8re Urgence Internationale)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start year:<\/b><\/td>\n2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* This story was contributed by Premi\u00e8re Urgence International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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