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Forty percent of the 3.6 million people living in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip can't be sure of getting enough food, either because they can't get
to it or because they can't afford it, the UN food agency said Thursday.
The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said it was starting a project
to collect data on the number and condition of poor people who do not have adequate
access to food in those regions. The information, which the agency planned to give to the Palestinian Authority, should help leaders respond
to the emergency and help those most vulnerable, the FAO said.
"A better understanding of the food security and nutrition situation of
the population is necessary for developing a food security strategy," Christian
Miczaika of the agency's Special Emergency Programs Service said in a statement.
The agency blamed movement of goods and people, loss of work and income and
depletion of resources for the difficulties.
The $1 million project is funded by the European Commission and builds on an
earlier and similar project that was paid for by Australia, the food agency
said
