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in Gaza and the West Bank
In 1994 IFAD launched its first intervention in the Palestinian territories, soon after the signing of the Oslo accords in September 1993. The Gaza Strip and Jericho Relief and Development Programme was designed to improve incomes and living standards and help create an environment conducive to peace and security. This was followed in the late 1990s by a broad-based agricultural development intervention programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Palestinian Authority, the seven-year Participatory Natural Resources Management Programme. As a result of the difficult political situation and border and internal closures, in 2002 IFAD initiated a second phase of the Rural Development Programme to address the immediate needs of the poorest rural communities and help mitigate the consequences of the intifada, especially the severe limitations on movement, while contributing to their longer-term development. IFAD has provided a total of US$13.8 million in loans and grants for these three projects. Other donors have been generous in cofinancing these projects: the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (US$0.8 million); the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (US$1.0 million); Belgium (US$3.6 million); CARE (US$0.5 million); Italy (US$0.8 million); and Japan (US$0.4 million).
IFAD’s strategy in Gaza and the West Bank IFAD’s strategy in Gaza and the West Bank addresses the key agricultural development challenges facing the territories. Since the start of the intifada IFAD has shifted emphasis towards meeting the immediate needs of rural poor people and finding temporary measures to help people cope with the situation, while still pursuing the longer-term goals of reducing poverty and sustaining growth. This long-term strategy incorporates the objectives of:
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