This document outlines the status and main constraints facing the Palestinian agricultural
sector, in light of the political, climatic and socio-economic challenges facing the
Palestinian people. It addresses the strategic objectives and priority interventions toward
sector development; it is intermediary paper that will organize priority interventions toward
sector development until a new strategy is developed with participation of all stakeholders.
This document was prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture supported by the technical
assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with
participation of the national NGOs beside the close cooperation with the Ministry of
Planning.

Introduction:
This document was prepared under the prevailing difficult economic and social conditions in
Palestine and in response to the current emergency conditions with continuous Israeli
aggressions against the Palestinian economy specifically the agriculture sector.

The aim of this document is to institutionalize the short to medium term interventions in order
to improve resilience of the agricultural sector against the occupation measures in restricting
the access of Palestinian people to their own natural resources (mainly land and water) and as
well as local and international markets. This comes also in response to , the climate changes
affecting the region causing frequent disasters in the past few years including drought waves,
frost and flooding, All these factors have left the sector paralyzed and in urgent for tailored
and systematized interventions by all stakeholders.

This document is not an alternative plan of either the Palestinian Reform Development Plan
(PRDP) and neither a new strategic plan for MoA and should be approved and integrated with
the above mention two plans. The Ministry will in cooperation with major stakeholders begin
preparations for a comprehensive sector wide strategy paper that will encompass the
developmental, emergency and humanitarian needs, objectives, and policies of the agricultural
sector. This document will reflect the work that has been done across the years on
agriculture. All partners are requested to forward any and all agriculture related research,
studies, assessments, mission reports, evaluations, etc. that have been conducted in the last ten
years to the Ministry of Agriculture in order to begin preparations for sector wide planning.

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