Less than five percent of Gaza’s agricultural land is usable says UN
The UN has warned that 95 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land has been rendered unusable by Israeli attacks, further exacerbating the risk of famine in the territory.
A new joint assessment released on Tuesday by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) found that over 80 percent of Gaza’s crop land has been damaged by Israeli attacks.
According to the report, only 4.6 percent of it can be cultivated, while 71.2 percent of Gaza’s greenhouses and 82.8 percent of agricultural wells have been laid to waste by Israeli attacks.
The FAO said that Israel’s targeting of agricultural infrastructure in the territory risked “further deteriorating food production capacity and exacerbating the risk of famine”.
Beth Bechdol, FAO’s deputy director-general, warned that the destruction could precipitate the "collapse of Gaza’s agri-food system and of lifelines”.