Women, youth and other SSPs increase benefits in the fresh vegetables value chain as change agents

About this project

Oxfam Solidarité/Solidariteit will work together with 3 partners: Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee, Rural Women Development Society and Palestinian Farmers’ Union and with 5 collaborators (Coalition for Accountability and Integrity -AMAN, Palestinian Trade Center, Gender At Work, Oxfam in OPTI and Oxfam Novib) to make the fresh vegetables value chain more inclusive, fair and sustainable, targeting 3.000 women, youth and other small-scale farmers (at least 40% are female) in six governorates in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. They will have more economic benefits and increasingly be change agents. Improved economic benefits, including policy changes, will also impact positively on the families of the target group and other families: an estimated 26.000 beneficiaries (49% women). The capacities and organizational structures of the 3 partners, community-based organizations, other civil society organizations and civil servants of the Palestinian Authority (PA) will be strengthened. The awareness of other private sector actors in the value chain will be raised and they will be pushed to adopt alternative business practices that distribute values, risks and profit more equally. The PA will be pushed to apply regulations benefiting women, youth and other small-scale producers. A mix of strategies will be used: capacity building activities, research, improving agricultural practices, increasing access to finance and other services, awareness raising on gender justice, car…

Published by

NGO Oxfam - Solidarité · National NGO

Countries

Palestinian Territories

Sectors

Agricultural development

Focus

Nutrition · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusTrade development · Main focus

Funded by

Oxfam Sol., Direction-Générale Coopération au Développement et Aide humanitaire

Implemented by

PARC - Agricultural Development Association, RWDS - Rural Women Development Society, PFU - Palestinian Farmers’ Union, - Common Pot

Accountable

Oxfam Sol.

Published by NGO Oxfam - Solidarité to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 28 Mar 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: BE-BCE_KBO-0408643875-prg2022-6-PS.

No updates yet.