Strategic Objectives

Higher revenues and better competiveness opportunities for Palestinian products, i.e. Strengthening the agricultural sector profitability and its competitiveness through

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Strategic Goal number 1:

Higher revenues and better competiveness opportunities for Palestinian products, i.e. Strengthening the agricultural sector profitability and its competitiveness through:

• Developing and improving land productivity and accessibility.
• Ensuring additional water resources.
• Increasing and developing fodder production, animal breed and pastoral areas.
• Improving and expanding fish farming.
• Strengthening households’ economy and marketing mechanism in favor of the small producers.
• Supporting and expanding application of renewable energy.
• Protecting and developing local seeds among producers and consumers.
• Establishing of business oriented models/ economic entrepreneurs with partnerships among private sector –farmers’ bodies.
• Developing microfinance products for agriculture development.
• Improving crop pattern and diversity based on consumer needs.
• Improving agriculture infrastructures facilities.
• Improving the quality of local products.
• Developing and strengthening Palestinian branding, trade market and certifications.
• Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the extension services program.
• Improving and encouraging applied research and innovation.
• Strengthening skills and capacities of workers in pre and post harvesting.
• Strengthening and empowering farmers committees.
• Supporting cooperation and networking among different stakeholders.

 

Strategic Goal number 2:

Holding the occupation accountable towards Palestinian rights related to the agricultural sector and rural areas.

• Pursuing the Israeli’s occupation to protect farmer’s rights and compensate them for damages.
• Supporting farmers’ efforts in prosecuting Israeli’s occupation.
• Drawing attention to the situation at the checkpoints and crossing borders.
• Monitoring and documenting the movement of the Israelis’ product in the Palestinian markets.
• Supporting farmers’ initiatives to invest in their agriculture lands behind the apartheid wall.
• Encouraging and promoting the presence of local products.
• Boycotting of the Israelis’ settlement products.
• Raising the Awareness of the solidarity groups to magnitude of the Israeli’s violations to the rights of producers and farmers.

 

Strategic Goal number 3:

Creating an enabling legal environment and governmental policies for the development of the agricultural sector and rural areas.

• Development of an economic incentive’s package for agricultural rural areas.
• Promoting Land registration.
• Support and development of different risk insurance and emergency response systems.
• Protection of the agricultural farmland usage.
• Developing of Palestinian Standard and specifications.
• Activating trade exchange agreements.
• Import and export.
• Developing of Brand name – trade mark.
• Developing the agricultural calendar.
• Organizing awareness campaigns in the field of legislation governing system.
• Developing a pattern of holding the private sector accountable to the farmer’s rights.
• Development of the agricultural census and linked them with the development plans.
• Strengthening consumer committees.
• Developing of farmer’s health insurance.
• Monitoring of local policies and strategies.

 

Strategic Goal number 4:

Enhancing the role of agricultural cooperatives and grassroots institutions working in agriculture and rural development.

• Promoting collective ownership of production inputs.
• Mechanization and agro-processing.
• Developing mechanisms of collective purchasing.
• Upgrading infrastructure of marketing and production.
• Purchasing and collective marketing.
• Cooperative capacity building.
• Developing governance system and practices.
• People organization and mobilization.
• Establishing cooperatives.

 

Strategic Goal number 5:

Enhancing PARC’s efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and accountability.

• Ensuring PARC’s sustainability (efficiency & effectiveness).
• Fundraising by ensuring diversity of resources.
• Developing the organization’s property returns and investments.
• Developing logistical support and information and communication systems.
• Strengthening the governance in the organization.
• Developing policies and procedures.
• Staff training.
• Training of volunteers.
• Improving media and telecommunications.
• The formation of employees committees.
• Strengthening the governance in the organization.

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