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Gaza Strip: New FAO-UNOSAT assessment on land available for cultivation – only 1.5 percent is accessible and not damaged
The assessment can be found here: Land available for cultivation in the Gaza Strip as of 28 July 2025
Key findings of the assessment:
• 8.6 percent (1 301 ha) of cropland in the Gaza Strip is still accessible, but only 1.5 percent (232 ha) is accessible and not damaged.
• Another 12.4 percent of cropland (1 858 ha) is not damaged but is currently not accessible.
• 86.1 percent (12 962 ha) of the total cropland is damaged.
• Cropland in Rafah, North Gaza and nearly all cropland in the Gaza governorate are not accessible.
Quote from FAO Director-General QU Dongyu on the situation in the Gaza Strip:
“Gaza is now on the brink of a full-scale famine. People are starving not because food is unavailable, but because access is blocked, local agrifood systems have collapsed, and families can no longer sustain even the most basic livelihoods.”
“We urgently need safe and sustained humanitarian access and immediate support to restore local food production and livelihoods – this is the only way to prevent further loss of life. The right to food is a basic human right.”
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