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RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOOD NORTHERN WEST BANK, PALESTINIAN TERRITORY (OPT)

NOVEMBER, 30TY 2014

ANTONIO D’AGNANNO, REGIONAL LIVELIHOOD ADVISOR

November 28th 2014 / OPT Rural Development Assessment / 2

Première Urgence – Aide Médicale Internationale

TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents .......................................................................................................................................... 2

List of acronyms ........................................................................................................................................... 4

Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 7

Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................... 9

1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 10

1.1 Presentation of PU-AMI ....................................................................................................................... 10

1.2 PU-AMI Activities in the palestinian territory ............................................................................ 10

1.3 Justification of the study ..................................................................................................................... 12

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7. Appendixes ......................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ANNEX NR.1: KEY INFORMANTS TEMPLATE (EXCEL). ANNEX NR.2: MAIN DOCUMENTATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (EXCEL) ANNEX NR.3: PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES ANNEX NR.4: WEBSITE REFERENCES ANNEX NR.5: CROP CALENDAR CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WB (PDF) ANNEX NR.6: MAPPING INITIATIVES AND FUNDING OPT 2014 ANNEX NR.7: TERMS OF REFERENCE NEEDS ASSESSMENT OPT ANNEX NR.8: SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE 5 STUDIED PALESTINIAN VILLAGES WITH MAPPING (JPG) ANNEX NR.9: INSTITUTIONAL PALESTINIAN FRAMEWORK AND PALESTINIAN POLICY ANNEX NR.10: PALESTINE: GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT ANNEX NR.11: FORESTS IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.12: PALESTINIAN ECONOMY ANNEX NR.13: AID EFFECTIVENESS AND ASSISTANCE IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.14: POLITICS AND SECURITY IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.15: DEMOGRAPHIC CONCERNS IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.16: PALESTINE: ANALYSIS OF LIVELIHOOD, AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK CONTEXT ANNEX NR.17: FOOD SECURITY IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.18: THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.19: MARKETING AND TRADING IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.20: SWOT ANALYSIS ANNEX NR.21: HERITAGE REHABILITATION AND RURAL TOURISM IN PALESTINE ANNEX NR.22: FIELD ASSESSMENT DATA ANALYSIS ANNEX NR.23: FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION FORMATS ANNEX NR.24: DESCRIPTION OF FSL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS IN PALESTINE.



LIST OF ACRONYMS ADS Arab Development Society AECID Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development AFD Agence française de Développement AIDA Association of International Development Agencies AMENCA Australia Middle East NGO Partnership Agreement APIS Agricultural Projects Information System ARIJ Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem ARO Australian Representative Office ASWG Agricultural Sector Working Group BTC Belgian Technical Cooperation CBO Community-based Organisation CfP Call for Proposals CFT Canaan Fair Trade CFW Cash for Work CIDA Canadian International Development Agency COGAT Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories COO Certificate of Origin CORE Centre for Organic Research and Extension (of CFT) DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DARP Palestinian Aid Management System DFU Danish Farmer’s Union DRO Danish Representative Office DRR Disaster Risk Reduction DRM Disaster Risk Management EC European Commission ECHO European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department EDE Economic Development & Employment Sector (of the PNDP) EFTA European Free Trade Association ERP Economic Recovery Project Etp Entrerprises EU European Union EWS Early Worning System FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FFV Fresh Fruits and Vegetables FFVH Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs FGD Focus Group Discussion GAP Good Agricultural Practice GDP Gross Domestic Product GIZ German Society for International Cooperation GoI Government of Israel GS Gaza Strip HDI Human Development Index HH Household HR Human Rights HRBA Human Rights Based Approach HVC High Value Crops ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dryland Areas ICBA International Centre for Bio-saline Agriculture



ICJ International Court of Justice IHL International Human Law IMF International Monetary Fund IMG International Management Group IPE Initiative for the Palestinian Economy (Quartet) ISI Israeli Standards Institute (takeen) ISF Israeli Security Forces ISO International Organization for Standards JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau LAS League of Arab States LRC Land Resource Centre LRRD Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development MERAP Middle East Regional Agricultural Programme MIS Market Information System MoA Ministry of Agriculture MoF Ministry of Finance MoH Ministry of Health MoHE Ministry of Higher Education MoL Ministry of Labour MoNE Ministry of National Economy MoPAD Ministry of Planning & Administrative Development MoWA Ministry of Women Affairs MTDP Medium Term Development Plan M4P Markets for the Poor NARC National Agricultural Research Centre NES National Export Strategy NGO Non-Government Organization NPK Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium fertiliser OCHA UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OD Organisation Development OPT occupied Palestinian Territory OQR Office of the Quartet Representative PA Palestinian Authority PARC Agricultural Development Association PASSIA Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs PCBS Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCPSR Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research PEC Palestinian Export Council PEGASE EU Mechanism to support the Palestinian Reform & Development Plan PGR Plant Genetic Resources PFU Palestinian Farmer’s Union PNDP Palestinian National Development Plan PoA Plan of Action PRA Participatory Rapid Approach PSC Palestinian Shippers Council PSI Palestine Standards Institution PTK Professional Tool Kit PU-AMI Première Urgence – Aide Médicale Internationale PVS Participatory Variety Selection PWA Palestinian Water Authority



RD Rural Development RDA Rural Development Assessment RIWAQ Centre for Preservation of Cultural Heritage (in West Bank) RO Representative Office RWB Remaining West Bank SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SME Small and Medium Enterprise SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats TVET Technical Vocational Educational Training UAE United Arab Emirates UAWC Union of Agricultural Work Committees UCASC Union of Cooperative Associations for Savings and Credit (Salfeet) UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNSCO UN Special Coordinator’s Office for the Middle East Peace Process USAID United States Agency for International Development VAT Value Added Tax WB West Bank WEE Women Economic Empowerment WFP World Food Programme



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Even though Palestinian agriculture has been incurring heavy losses since 1967, it is one of the most resilient and strategic sectors in the Palestinian economy, and is capable of achieving a more rapid and sustainable recovery, compared with others.

For Palestinian agriculture – currently operating at perhaps one quarter of its potential – to develop fully, there is an urgent need to address the problem of lack of Palestinian control, if not sovereignty, over scarce land and water resources, without which there is limited scope for designing and implementing plans to develop and optimize their use. For the moment, without the immediate prospect of that full release of potential, there can nevertheless be significant gains.

The Assessment's objectives are to survey, analyze and document the available natural, human, socioeconomic and environmental resources, and the existing limitations and needs assessment for the development of the rural and marginalized areas in Northern West Bank with the goal of the protection of small farmers’ livelihoods. In addition, the Assessment aims to prepare strategic developmental programs and activities to mitigate the impact of the current political, social, and economic instability, with the focus on the agricultural sector.

The Assessment Team comprised two experts as per Terms of Reference: one International Coordinator and Advisor, from the Regional Office, and one local expert in development programs in Palestine from the Field Office in Nablus. Support staff was made available to the project team throughout the Assessment duration.

The Assessment took the form of a briefing by the PU-AMI Palestine, followed by review of relevant literature/ databases/ websites, site visits to primary producers, processors and a Cooperative office in West Bank, and to offices of key stakeholders in Ramallah and East Jerusalem (public and private sectors, civil society and donors). Discussions were also held with key stakeholders in the villages, and through telephone and email exchanges.

Opportunities for PU-AMI engagement with the rural development sector were formulated as a result of observations made, lessons learned from ongoing initiatives and in coherence with MoA and other PA priorities.

In general, the throughput of the rural value chain is constrained by the quantity of good quality primary produce flowing along it. This corresponds to ―Local agricultural development‖, one of three focus areas identified in the Terms of Reference. The potential interventions are grouped as a programmatic imperative, to address the seminal constraints facing the rural community – access to land, water, finance, and modern agricultural skills – and by so doing create incremental employment and wealth in the formal sector.

The target groups recommended for PU-AMI attention are smallholder farmers and their cooperative and associations, and SMEs, who could benefit from assistance to help lift them from subsistence operations which yield little or no profit, into the semi-commercial bracket of enterprise.

From the risk assessment conducted under this study, the Assessment team believes that in the likely event of a further deterioration in the socio-economic and security status of Palestine, contingent on the impasse in the international peace negotiations and on the rapid increase of the Palestinian population, it is incumbent on all donors to address the marginalized rural community, to increase their resilience to adversity through building their business capability and confidence.

Recommendations in this Assessment report are feasible, albeit under the current situation of Israeli

military occupation and fragmentation of the land, they can focus solely on the medium-term modalities:

1. Protection and enhancement of livelihoods and mitigation of poverty can take place, for example,

through sustainable employment generation schemes, promotion of productive and new income-generating

activities (f.i. in rural tourism and handicrafts), micro-enterprises, and micro-finance. Support to private sector

requires close policy dialogue and commitment by different stakeholders to long-term processes.

Within this framework, agriculture-based livelihoods should be protected to maintain some strategic food

production capacity in most rural families. Supporting this coping mechanism would contain escalation of

humanitarian needs and caseload and help to protect entitlements to land and water resources. In particular:

• strengthening of Palestinian produce, crops, vegetables and olive oil should be promoted and support

should be provided to poor farming households to maintain productive capacity in those vibrant sectors with

export commercial perspective;



• investing in the diversification of food production patterns to enhance

(i) local food security against fragmentation of food systems, and

(ii) the source of locally procured food aid (e.g., from farmer to the poor); and,

• improving technology to increase agricultural productivity within the natural limits of land and water

resources with a main focus on expanding income opportunities from agriculture by increasing production

and marketing of high value crops that also are suitable for local consumption. The production capacity of

all high nutritional value products (e.g., flour products and milk products) should be protected and expanded.

This will help replace some imports with local production and will also maximize income from exports, thus

providing economic access to food that cannot be produced locally. Limiting factors are market access

constraints and poor consumers’ purchasing power.

2. Social welfare/protection schemes operated by various governmental (e.g., MoSA) and

nongovernmental (religious and secular charities and NGOs) actors for the ―socially marginal‖ and ―poorest

of the poor,‖ preventing those groups from falling into destitution and offering the young generations

opportunities for education and new kind of jobs (f.i. in the rural tourism). These schemes may include:

• Direct income transfers (cash for work assistance);

• Vocational training;

• Promotion of IGAs income generating activities;

• Job creation to provide temporary employment (income support) to the unemployed and cash

assistance, enhancing households’ capacity to cope with shocks and stresses, with a spinoff effect

on local economies—especially if aimed at creating productive assets, such as land reclamation.

3. Maintenance of rural infrastructure including agricultural roads, water schemes (cisterns, wells, springs

etc.) and other civil infrastructure thus preventing degradation and maintaining villages/camps’ appearance

and standards of hygiene; and investment in the productive asset base, particularly land and water

conservation and management to prevent degradation of the physical environment, which also accrues to

Palestinians’ entitlements and protection of their rights. 1 million dunums of agricultural land is currently

under-utilized in Area B, representing a huge untapped potential.

4. Food markets and trade should be supported to:

(i) Address traders’ vulnerabilities in the areas of credit and supply chain, and

(ii) Regulate products prices and affordability in order to protect the purchasing power of the poorest farmers.

As there is little experience in the area of traders and market support, interventions should be carefully

studied with close interaction with the private sector (f.i. Fair Trade).

5. Inter-sectorial coordination: Strong complementarities exist among the following sectors: ―Job

Creation and Cash Assistance‖, ―Agriculture‖, ―Food Security‖, ―rural development‖, ―rural tourism‖,

―environment and natural resources‖ and ―rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage‖. This requires close

coordination among aid agencies to find a platform for needs assessment/re-assessment and programming

(e.g., definition of assistance packages, eligibility criteria and beneficiary outreach).

As pointed out by UNCTAD (2011), notwithstanding the unfavorable current political and business environment, the promotion of competitive advantage with regards to the domestic production of importable goods and exports ought to be the top priority for economic policy in Palestine.

Rebuilding the Palestinian productive base and strengthening its capacity are essential to correct the distorted, unequal trade with Israel. The large size of imports in absolute terms and relative to GDP suggests a potential scope for domestic production of some of the goods that have been hitherto imported.

The agriculture sector is struggling currently, at the level of SMEs and cooperatives. Yet despite the strong agriculture potential, and that growing markets can be unlocked for Palestinian products, the supply base remains weak and disorganized, and the vast majority of poorer Palestinians have not benefitted from the local agribusiness which is ongoing.

A more gradual transition is required to bring the vast majority of players in West Bank’s traditional

agricultural system into the present time, so they may benefit from the technologies and modern systems

which are available.



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We wish to acknowledge the guidance, encouragement and participation of the PU-AMI Regional Coordinator Magali Martin, the Head of the PU-AMI Technical Department Helena Ranchal, the PU-AMI HoM M. Ebbesen-Gaudin and the Deputy Head of Mission Emilie Debreuille, together with the WB Field Coordinator Gregoire Bonhomme.

The Assessment Team Leader made several visits to PU-AMI Palestine over the course of the study, to brief the Management on how the Assessment was progressing. We were pleased that the WB Deputy Field Co. Assia Zaid agreed to accompany the Team Leader on visits to the villages on the field.

We are grateful also for the time which our interlocutors in stakeholders, partners, donors and other offices have given us over the period of this Assessment.

Map nr. 1. The occupied Palestinian territory within the current regional context



1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 PRESENTATION OF PU-AMI

Première Urgence – Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI) is a non-profit, apolitical and secular non-

governmental organization of international solidarity. Its entire staff mobilizes daily to cover the basic needs

of civilian victims endangered or marginalized by the consequences of natural disasters, wars and situations

of economic collapse. PU-AMI was created in 2011 by the merging of two French NGOs. It uses its more

than 30 years of experience in 50 countries in crisis to adjust its programs to each context to support the

most vulnerable populations. PU-AMI currently supports about 3 million people in over 20 countries all over

the world, and works in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the South Caucasus, and France. Its teams lead an

average of 250 projects per year in the areas of food security, health, nutrition, construction and

rehabilitation of infrastructure, water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as economic recovery. Their common

goal is to provide a comprehensive response to the needs of people affected by emergency situations, and

to assist them in quickly regaining their autonomy.

1.2 PU-AMI ACTIVITIES IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Since 1967, occupation and political stagnation have directly affected the socio-economic situation of the

Palestinian population in the West Bank. The movement restrictions policy are severely limiting Palestinians’

access to essential services and markets, and leading to serious and negative impact upon all aspects of

their lives, and mainly their livelihoods.

Consequently the humanitarian needs in oPt have not fundamentally changed for the last decade.

Protection threats related to ISF and settlers’ violence, limited access to essential services and entrenched

levels of food insecurity continue to characterize the day-to-day lives of many Palestinians.

As a result, PU-AMI’s humanitarian and development aid strategy has been defined to directly target the

consequences of the violations of Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law both in West Bank

and the Gaza Strip. It combined several sectors to prevent the loss of livelihoods and prevent

displacements as a consequence of protection threats, lack of services (Health, Education, WASH), and

lack of access to agricultural lands or job opportunities. In the Northern West Bank, PU-AMI operates in

6 districts (Qalqiliya, Tulkarem, Salfit, Nablus, and Jenin) with programming in protection, CFW, water and

sanitation, Women Economic Empowerment.

PU-AMI is present in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) since 2002 right after the second intifada. PU-

AMI has mainly conducted an emergency economic recovery program through distribution of emergency

kits, Professional Kits, Employment Creation of Emergency, rehabilitation of agricultural land. In 2009,

PU-AMI has also developed a program aiming to ease the access to potable water and sanitation facilities.

Since 2002, PU-AMI has mainly focused its programs on the northern West Bank, in isolated villages or

communities, especially in the districts adjoining the wall of separation, or those with the highest



concentration of Israeli settlements. Since 2009, following the Israeli military operation "Cast Lead", PU has

also expanded its intervention in the Gaza Strip.

Through rehabilitation works of community infrastructures or services, PU-AMI, in close collaboration

with each municipality council, supports the employment of skilled and low skilled workers over a period

ranging from 1 to 2 months. So far, this component has supported more than 5,000 vulnerable households in

finding such occasional sources of income, while contributing to the improvement of community

infrastructure in 40 towns / villages of 5 Districts (Qalqiliya, Tulkarem, North Ramallah, Salfit, and Nablus).

In addition to CFW, PU-AMI has developed a Micro-Business Creation Project aiming at distributing

professional kits to boost private initiatives. By providing a set of professional tools tailored to a specific

business plan, this component seeks to foster local economy in a more sustainable way. Nearly 185

beneficiaries were given an opportunity to empower themselves economically and to increase their monthly

income.

Some examples from 2013 activities: CFW for Bedouin communities, CFW in Gaza Strip, rehabilitation of

schools, CFW for women in GS, rehabilitation of a Health Clinic in WB, distribution of seeds, fertilizers and

irrigation networks in GS, supporting harvest in 3 villages in WB, etc.

In 2015, PU-AMI will be part of a consortium granted by ECHO and under the lead of NRC, only in the WB.

Urgence

Food Security

WASH

Santé

Economic

Recovery

Education

Rehabilitation

Protection

Livelihood

Table 1: Sectors of intervention of PU-AMI Palestine, 2014.

Table 2 : Resume of the PU-AMI Palestine Mission.

1 CFW/Protection/agriculture (5,566) 2 WEE (2,263), Protection (4,562), CFW (8,575), AGR (1,730), WASH (1,320) 3 CFW/Agriculture (13,547), WASH Abu Farda (220)

PU-AMI Palestine Mission 2012 2013 2014

Number of employees

International staff

4

4

5

National staff 20 22 26

Number of current projects 1 2 4 (2 in WB)

Number of bases/offices 4 4 4 : Jerusalem, Ramallah,

Nablus, Gaza.

Number of donors 2 4 4

Number of direct beneficiaries

(individuals) 5,566

1 18,450

2 16,615

3

Budget (EUR) 1,2M€ 1,85M€ 2M€



1.3 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY

The Food Security Sector's (FSS) strategies (FAO-WFP) for the 2014 in OPT, to address chronic food

insecurity will address both immediate food needs and protect and diversify the incomes of groups with

low resilience, by protecting their resilience and supporting existing coping and livelihood strategies.

Considering PU-AMI protection of Livelihood mainstream, it is considered that a Rural and Livelihood

development (mid/long term) project could most probably help in achieving three of the following

OBJECTIVES in direct link with PU-AMI strategy and scope of work:

• Support the cultivation of lands at risk of being confiscated (land reclamation)

• Support the Rural economy of vulnerable households depending partially or completely on agriculture.

• By targeting women, support the economy of the household through their empowerment.

The objective of the Rural Development Assessment is to clearly describe and analyze the context within

which local and rural processing and services are operating, including a detailed mapping of significant

activities within the sector (national as well as donor supported), their achievements and shortcomings.

Further, all major risks within the socio-economic development’s 3 areas (described above) shall be

clearly identified and assessed.

The present Assessment is following the priority lines indicate in the PU-AMI Country Strategy OPT 2013-

2016, edit last year. PU-AMI OPT, in this document, has defined the following strategic priorities according to

the needs and the scenarios of evolution foreseen:

1. HUMANITARIAN AID PROGRAM - protection-based livelihood program; 2 main strategic axes:

Protection project; Food Security project.

2. DEVELOPMENT AID PROGRAM: in order to subscribe PU-AMI’s intervention in a rational

LRRD approach, a rehabilitation program, concomitant with the humanitarian aid program, is

being developed: a) Women Socio-Economic Empowerment (West Bank); b) Small-scale

farmer development project – Rural Development (West Bank and Gaza strip): PU-AMI

aims at providing an adequate investment and technical support to the farming sector.

In this Study we will start by identifying, after analyzing all the context, the obstacles imposed by Israeli

policy to the Palestinian rural development; then, we will analyze the current Palestinian (fragile) strategies

(or lack of strategy) on rural development, and we will conclude with some recommendations on local

actions of intervention for PU-AMI.

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