UN says only 3% of Gaza cropland accessible and undamaged
- On Tuesday, the Food and Agriculture Organization warned that just three percent of Gaza's cropland remains accessible and undamaged, citing satellite image analysis.
- The FAO said reduced access stems mainly from the 'westward expansion' of the so-called 'Yellow Line' that separates the ceasefire zone from the Israel Defense Forces military-controlled area.
- Greenhouse availability dropped 17.3 percent since October 2025 to 224 hectares, affecting farmers Taysir Dahdouh and Wajiha Dahdouh; Dahdouh managed to rehabilitate about one tenth of a hectare using basic tools.
- Rafah faces the highest levels of inaccessible cropland at 97.2 percent, while farmers in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah see the largest land reductions; most of Gaza's 2.1 million people remain confined to a shrinking area.
- Without urgent action to restore safe access, Rein Paulsen, director of the agency's Office of Emergencies and Resilience, warned opportunities to restore local food production will continue to diminish.
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A UN study revealed that only 3% of crop fields in Gaza are still accessible. This is the impact of the crisis on food.
This critical situation is mainly due to the expansion of the Israeli military exclusion zones.
UN says only 3% of Gaza cropland accessible and undamaged
Just three percent of the cropland in Gaza remains accessible and undamaged, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warned Tuesday, citing an analysis of satellite images.The report found that since October 2025, when a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold, the area of accessible and undamaged cropland had fallen to 448 hectares from...
Not only death and destruction: in the Gaza Strip we go towards zeroing any possibility of rebuilding an agri-food system that guarantees the minimum subsistence.
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