Conflict Leaves Gaza's Agriculture in Ruins


	Conflict Leaves Gaza's Agriculture in Ruins

chestnut501

2-1-2009 10:37 PM

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1.4 Million People Face "Acute Shortages" of Food

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/07890360-121c-4b4e-9131-e0228b0e5201/685D17A1-DCB1-45D6-990E-63DE1EF19BEE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news"></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/8404B4D0-778D-42CE-89CD-76EA07D374D1" alt="A Palestinian woman walks past a farm where 30 cows lay dead in a field in Jabalya (Image: UN FAO photos)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news"><P>A ceasefire may be in place, but extensive damage to Gaza's agriculture now means that the 1.4 million people of the Gaza Strip face "acute shortages" of food, says the UN.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news"><P>The UN Food and Agriculture Organization <A href="http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/9960/icode/" target="NS">announced Friday</A> that nearly all 10,000 small farms in Gaza have been damaged and many completely destroyed following attacks by Israel that started on 27 December. Some 27,500 people that depend on farming or fishing have lost land, crops, equipment, or animals.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news"><P>Meanwhile an FAO brief says shelling <A href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/tc/tce/pdf/FAO_brief_on_Gaza_23_Jan_09.pdf" target="NS">destroyed greenhouses, poultry barns, feed stores and animals</A> (pdf format).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news"><P>The tiny fishing harbour near Gaza City was "devastated" by naval barrages, says Damiani, while even in places untouched by tanks or shelling, crops and animals left untended have suffered.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16513-conflict-leaves-gazas-agriculture-in-ruins.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news"><P>Gazan farmers mainly grow fruit and vegetables, which in the past they exported to earn money for staple foods. 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