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STORY: FAO / GAZA ANIMAL FODDER DISTRIBUTION
TRT: 01:33
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 4 - 6 APRIL 2024, GAZA
1. Wide shot, trucks with animal fodder arriving
2. Wide shot, FAO staff checking the arriving truck
3. Wide shot, forklift downloading animal fodder from a truck in a warehouse
4. Med shot, forklift moving animal fodder
5. Med shot, FAO staff checking animal fodder bags
6. Wide shot, farmers queueing for animal fodder
7. Med shot, farmers queueing for animal fodder
8. Med shot, FAO staff talking with farmer inside warehouse
9. Wide shot, FAO staff and farmers inside a warehouse
10. Close up, FAO staff talking with a farmer
11. Tilt up, animal fodder being weighted
12. Close up, animal fodder being poured into a bag
13. Wide shot, farmer leaving with an animal fodder bag
14. Wide shot, farmer walking with a bag on his shoulders
15. Med shot, FAO staff helping a woman carry a fodder bag
16. Wide shot, farmer lifting a fodder bag
17. Wide shot, FAO staff helping a farmer carry a fodder bag
18. Med shot, FAO staff putting a fodder bag on a cart
19. Med shot, FAO staff helping a farmer carry a fodder bag
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is delivering much-needed animal fodder to livestock-keeping households in the Gaza Strip to safeguard surviving animals and support local production of fresh nutritious food like milk, dairy, eggs, and meat amidst an imminent risk of famine.
This is the first-time animal fodder has entered the Strip since the escalation of hostilities, which has caused the collapse of agrifood value chains, contributing to rapid deterioration of acute food insecurity in Gaza, with famine conditions emerging in the north of the Gaza strip.
The agriculture sector was already diminished pre-war yet remained vital to the local economy.
Prior to 7 October, Gaza’s food producers kept the Strip nearly self-sufficient in eggs, milk, poultry and red meat, fish, vegetables and fruits. These items are indispensable to a healthy, nutritious diet, especially for children, and are impractical to import as food aid.
Around 55 percent of meat and dairy producing livestock in Gaza have been slaughtered, consumed, or lost due to the conflict.
Only 45 percent of small ruminants remain, corresponding to approximately 30,000 heads, as of March.
FAO seeks to deliver initially a total of 1,500 tons of fodder to 2,450 farmers, which is sufficient to provide for about 50 days milk for all children under 10 years of age in Gaza, providing around 20 percent of the WHO recommended minimum daily requirement in terms of caloric intake.
FAO, supported by the governments of Belgium, Italy, and Norway, has worked closely with the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture and local non-governmental organizations to move this life-sustaining fodder into and around Gaza.
