Enhance the resilience and food security of vulnerable farmers in area c Project Allocation :	8 + 3 Allocation	Allocation Type Category :	HFU Management Cost
Project Budget in US$ :	398,772.00	Planned project duration :	12 Months 1 Days
Planned Start Date :	15/10/2019	Planned End Date :	14/10/2020
Actual Start Date:	15/10/2019	Actual End Date:	14/10/2020
Project Summary :	The critical situation that people are living under in West Bank including area C, and the inability of the Palestinian Authority to work in the mentioned area has put the Palestinian in critical food insecure situation accompanied with assets degradation.  Israeli occupation practices and settlers against Palestinian people living in area C (confiscation, annexation ,settler violence and close to hot zones, uprooting, destruction of land and roads...etc) preventing people from accessing  and utilization of their resources , which is against HR , IL and responsibilities of the occupation. 

The proposed project is aiming to enhance the resilience- food security- in 6 rural communities in area C   at 3 governorates:  Ein albida –Tubas , Qaryut and jalud Nablus ,  fara’ta, Immatin and  kufr laqif –Qaliqilya. The project will target  directly 518 vulnerable families of around  2486 capita  including 692 women, 699 men, 548 girls and 547 boys. The project will improve their food security of vulnerable farmers.
The project activities will also respond to the different humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable farmers (women and men), to improve their living conditions by increasing the productivity of their agriculture lands, and enhance their resilience in their communities. PARC will give priorities to HH headed by women based on the fact that more than of 60% of agriculture activities carried by women  while 87% of women are  unpaid work,. Additionally, women help to improve the living conditions of their families, taking into consideration that more than half of the population in Nablus and Qalqilya are females. 

The planned interventions will built on PARC’s humanitarian response approach and previous FSS experience in the area it will include the following:
Activity 1: Rehabilitation of 200 Dunums of agricultural land (three communities at Qalqilya, while tow at Nablus). This Intervention will benefit 50 families. ,including light machinery work for leveling and rock removal, Rehabilitation and construction of the stony retaining walls to protect from soil degradation and to increase water retention capacity, fencing to protect lands and crops from wild animals and livestock animals. Additionally, Seedlings will be provided to farmers through PARC’s annual campaign.
Activity 2. Rehabilitation of agricultural 4 Cistern in two localities at Qalqilya and Nablus governorate (Amateenampjalud ). The intervention will benefit 8 families. Different sub activities will be implemented for each beneficiary depending on the needs to include: cleaning and maintenance work.
Activity 3: Rehabilitation of 8 Km at five communities serving around 2000 dunums  in favour of 280 families  of agricultural lands  at 5 localities at Nablus and Qalqilya. This intervention will protect and improve accessibility and utilization of the served agricultural lands. Agricultural Roads rehabilitation includes several sub activities: machinery work , basecours, culvert, and construction of stony retaining walls.
On project approval , community empowerment ( technical and managerial) by  PARC and MoA will be ensured along the life cycle of the project   1) Inception phase (one month), including: staff recruitment, drafting and valid
Activity 4. Plantation of 1800 Dunums with  28 tons of fodder seeds at Al Sakoot area-Ein Albida in Tubas governorate. The intervention will benefit 180 families. The activity will include land tilling and provision of fodder seeds. This activity will protect land from confiscation and plantation from Israeli settlers, and formulate a source of food for livestock available in the area.