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OPT: Farming without Land, Fishing without Water: Gaza Agriculture Sector Struggles to Survive

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With technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Livelihoods and lives of people living in the Gaza Strip have been devastated by over 1 000 days of near complete blockade. However, with the investment of simple inputs and increased access to land, the Agriculture Sector has the potential to make substantial improvements to the quality of life, food security and nutrition of an estimated 1.5 million Palestinian people.

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