Socio–economic Evaluation of Water Harvesting Ponds Project in Gaza Strip

The evaluation included the following points :

• Report on the activities achieved in comparison to planned;
• Assess the increasing of the productivity (unit/area) of green houses and other cultivated area which irrigated by mixing water;
• Assess the contribution of the project to unemployment problem and alleviation of poverty in Gaza Strip;
• Assess the contribution of the project to the increasing of income through enabling subsistence farmers to cultivate high value crops and to encourage crops diversification by using good water quality;
• Assess the reduction of dependency of farmers on purchased water from neighboring water merchants thus decrease inputs cost;
• Appraise the potential sustainability of the project;
• Assess the contribution of the project on the conservative of aquifer;
• Assess subsistence farmers need by enhancing the quality of agriculture products.