Gaza Strip: FAO scales up conditional cash assistance to 1 000 more farmers, calls for liberalization of private sector imports of agricultural inputs
Jerusalem/Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today scaled up conditional cash assistance to support reactivation of local crop production by an additional 1 000 farmers in the Gaza Strip. With cash assistance, FAO conservatively estimates that 1 000 farmers can produce enough vegetables to produce about 5 000 metric tonnes (MT) of vegetables and feed nearly 95 000 people for one year. However, this is barely half of what these farmers can achieve amid continued blockages on imports of agricultural inputs. If full and unrestricted entry of agricultural inputs and equipment is permitted (non-dual use and dual use), FAO estimates that the same number of farmers can produce about 12 800 MT of fresh vegetables and feed about 165 000 individuals for one yea
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Jerusalem/Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today scaled up conditional cash assistance to support reactivation of local crop production by an additional 1 000 farmers in the Gaza Strip. With cash assistance, FAO conservatively estimates that 1 000 farmers can produce enough vegetables to produce about 5 000 metric tonnes (MT) of vegetables and feed nearly 95 000 people for one year. However, this is barely half of what these farmers can achieve amid continued blockages on imports of agricultural inputs. If full and unrestricted entry of agricultural inputs and equipment is permitted (non-dual use and dual use), FAO estimates that the same number of farmers can produce about 12 800 MT of fresh vegetables and feed about 165 000 individuals for one yea