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GAZA STRIP 2025. Small-scale vegetable cultivation

30 June 2025. Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. Susan plants green cowpeas in her greenhouse in Khan Younis.

06/30/2025

Country or Territory Gaza Strip

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Background Information As of 15 August 2025, Famine is confirmed in Gaza Governorate and projected to spread to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis in a matter of weeks, according to the 22 August Special Snapshot issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Almost two years of ongoing conflict have nearly destroyed local fresh vegetable production, once a pillar of food security, incomes, livelihoods and exports in the Strip.

A small number of farmers who have managed to cultivate land offer a seed of hope against a bleak landscape. With support from FAO and funding from the oPt Humanitarian Fund, these farmers are among the last remaining local sources of fresh, nutritious food amid the conflict. They grow limited quantities of vegetables, which are important sources of vitamins, minerals, proteins and fibers amid the conflict, particularly for pregnant women and young children.
The farmers cultivate plots of land that are often nestled among tents or have been cleared of rubble from damaged homes.
The support is part of a pilot initiative launched by FAO in May 2025 to support limited fresh vegetable production by small-scale farmers in Gaza. The initiative provides cash-based assistance that farmers use to purchase scarce yet essential inputs, such as seeds, organic fertilizers, propagation materials and greenhouse plastic sheets. Agricultural inputs, when available, have become prohibitively expensive on the local market, inhibiting production.
The initiative helps cover the cost of cultivating vegetables on 1 dunum (0.1 hectares). It is initially supporting 200 small-scale farmers, with significant potential for scale-up pending the allocation of additional resources by donors.

Read more: https://www.fao.org/neareast/news/details/gaza-fao-pilot-initiative-kickstarts-limited-local-food-production-amid-severe-access-constraints/en