Greenhouses Project

The implementing party initiated the project in Gaza Strip and has finalized the preparation phase which included coordination with other local agricultural institutions to define the beneficiaries in the targeted area, prepare list of the farmers and a relevant questionnaire. An invitation to tender was announced for the purchase of the palm tree seedlings, and field visits and investigation of the current greenhouses were conducted.
 

With the donation provided by the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN), the Union of the Agricultural Work Committees (AUWC) has completed the rehabilitation and plantation of the damaged agricultural greenhouses in Gaza Strip.

A total of 38 greenhouses were rehabilitated and planted with seedlings of tomato, cucumber and green pepper. The greenhouses are owned by the farmers who sustain the devastating impact of the Israeli shelling and encroachment on the lands of Gaza adjacent to the green light. They belong to the poor families that can not afford buying the seedlings needed for planting their greenhouses.

The campaign targeted 38 male and female farmers in Al Braij (6 farmers), Beet Hanoun (10) and Beet Lahya (22).

The donation granted by APN contributed to saving 125 dunums of the agricultural lands planted with seedlings of fruits and vegetables from aridity. The plan included the reinstallation and rehabilitation of the irrigation networks that were destroyed during the Israeli recurrent incursions. These agricultural lands provide for 20 Palestinian families that depend on farming as their sole income source under the present drastic circumstances.

The collaboration between APN and AUWC is in line with APN mission that considers the overstrained farmers in Palestine as one of its targets and seeks to mitigate the suffering they endure under occupation.
 

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