December 2019 “Reducing Food Insecurity in the West Bank through Urban Farming Methods”

Contracting party:            Caritas Switzerland (CACH)
Funding Agency:               SDC
Starting Date:                    January 2018
Ending Date:                      December 2019

The overall Objective is to contribute to the reduction of food insecurity within the West Bank by implementing innovative urban farming techniques. To achieve this, two specific objectives must be completed, the first one is to provide access to vulnerable and food insecure Palestinian families’ to urban agricultural technology and practices and have improved access to food and balanced nutrition and the second it to improve the adaptation of innovative sustainable eco-agricultural techniques through research and development. These two goals will help reduce food insecurity in the West Bank by the end of 2019. The project aims to target 130 vulnerable and food insecure families across the West Bank.