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GAZA STRIP 2024. FAO’s response to the post-ceasefire recovery in the Gaza strip

11 December 2024. Khan Younis, Gaza 11/12/2024, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. A potrait photograph shows Intisar Abu Mandil, agro-entrepreneur and former FAO project beneficiary with the "Palestine Dates Company". During an interview with FAO staff, Abu Mandil said: "Our lives are currently extremely difficult. Since October 7, the war has had a devastating impact. Our workplace was destroyed. We lost about 1 000 palm trees, and everything we worked on and invested in has been lost or destroyed. All our efforts in food production have been in vain. Agricultural activity is almost completely halted. There is no electricity, and we cannot irrigate crops." According to the latest geospatial assessment carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UNOSAT between October and December 2024, 75 percent of the fields in Gaza once used to grow crops, and olive tree orchards, have been damaged or destroyed. Over two-thirds of agricultural wells (1,531 in total) are no longer functional. Livestock losses are at 96 percent, milk production has nearly halted, and only 1 percent of poultry remains alive. The 15-month conflict has caused acute food insecurity for the entire population of the Gaza Strip, with communities on the brink of starvation and more than 2 million people in urgent need of assistance due to the collapse of agricultural production. As a ceasefire agreement entered in action on 19 January 2025, FAO emphasised that immediate action must combine emergency relief with the restoration of local food production in the Gaza Strip.

12/11/2024

Country or Territory Gaza Strip

File size 6.85 MB

Unique ID UF214IE

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