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Assistance to Civil Society Organizations in Gaza, Phase III: Air & Light Agricultural Development Association
Palestine
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Palestine |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 16.03.2010 |
Signed | 15.04.2010 |
Loan Administrator | Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
Organization | AIR & LIGHT |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.10 |
AAALD, established in 2003, aims at promoting solidarity between farmer families and achieving food security for poor families, through agricultural development projects. The grant supporedt the project "Open Land Reclamation and Seedlings Planting in the Khan Younis Governorate". The main objective of the Project was (i) to rehabilitate 3,000 hectare of open land by building drip irrigation networks for seed plantings and (ii) to produce approximately 1,000 tons of different vegetables. In addition, the Project supported at least 300 farmers and their families by rehabilitating their farm structure and approximately 2,500 individuals to have access to fresh vegetables.