oPt: Gaza Strip: FAO scales up conditional cash assistance to 1 000 more farmers, calls for liberalization of private sector imports of agricultural inputs

Country: occupied Palestinian territory Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 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