Palestine takes tangible steps in its 2020 agricultural clusters plan
The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture is raising its GDP contribution to 30% over the next three years.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture is gearing up to announce a second agricultural cluster in Tubas governorate in the northeast of the West Bank.
Minister of Agriculture Riad al-Atari told Al-Monitor, “The Council of Ministers was supposed to announce the Tubas agricultural cluster on Nov. 25, but this was postponed due to the existence of emergency political items to be discussed. The matter was postponed to the Cabinet session on Dec. 2.”
The first agricultural cluster was launched Sept. 3 in Qalqilya governorate.
Atari said that before the end of the year other clusters are expected to be launched in the governorates of Jenin and Tulkarm. “The ministry also plans in 2020 to launch clusters in Jericho and the Jordan Valley,” he added.
