Resilient Communities: supporting vulnerable and affected Palestinian communities
Cooperative Development Organisation
Implementing Partners and Organisations
Oxfam, BMZ
Period of Implementation
Geographic scope
Asia-Pacific: Palestine (State of)
Budget
Donor(s)
Multilateral Aid: Multilateral Aid
Sector(s)
Type of Activity
Summary
Resilient Communities: Supporting vulnerable and affected Palestinian communities to transition to more resilient, sustainable, and equitable economic growth in the Gaza Strip and the Jordan Valley. The project targets small farmers in the Jordan Valley and Gaza Strip, women, youth, and men. Two agricultural cooperatives were targeted in the Jordan Valley A mechanically propelled pesticide sprayer was provided to each cooperative 1) Helps small farmers control pests 2) Reduce pest control costs 3) Benefit as many small farmers as possible 4) Strengthening the role of the agricultural cooperative 5) It helps improve product quality 6) Contributes to the organization of farmers within the agricultural cooperative 7) Contributes to protecting farmers from exposure to pesticides during pest control 8) It saves time and fatigue 9) Provides income for the cooperative to contribute to the service of members in various other fields
Project Objectives
Improving the access of small farmers to agricultural water sources Reducing agricultural water losses Reducing agricultural water pollution Helping small farmers manage their farms under the impact of climate change Improving people's access to drinking water Reducing wastage of drinking water Helping agricultural and women's cooperative societies
Impact on SDGs
Main Indicators
Taste, smell) by eop
2) At least 60% of targeted 2.850 men and women small-scale producers report reduced water shortage relative to their production needs as a result of using climate-smart agriculture techniques and the received irrigation system support by eop
3) 25 km of transmission and distribution mains rehabilitated and upgraded in project regions by eop. (disaggregated by location, pipes diameter)
4) Number of small-scale fruit and vegetables farmers reported that they received or benefited from water carrier lines, computerized irrigation system, low-pressure irrigation network, and installation/rehabilitation of collective irrigation infrastructure, etc.) By end of project.
5) At least 5 women’s enterprises will be supported to diversify their livelihood activities (disaggregated by size and type of support)
Impact Measurement
2) Focus group
3) Farmers meeting
Direct beneficiaries
Organisations: 9
Individuals: 27288