Ramallah: Moroccos Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency has agreed to fund a project aimed at empowering Palestinian farmers in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Governate. The agency recently held a meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture in Ramallah, the Palestinian administrative capital in the occupied West Bank.

According to Nam News Network, the assistance comes at a time when farmers in and around Al-Quds are facing challenges to remain on their land and earn enough money. The region’s farmers are struggling to preserve their land, which is increasingly surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements.

In the project’s first phase, 250 farmers will receive support through three key interventions: the distribution of seedlings, provision of water tanks and transportation cisterns, and the supply of veterinary kits for their livestock.