PARC implements a wide range of activities to achieve the planned
output, outcomes and goals. The following paragraph highlights
main areas of interventions:
1. Awareness activities including: extension services, training,
exchange visits, publications, TV and radio series,
demonstrations.
2. Work for the protection of environment with various sectors
of the society through development of rural sanitation (at
individual household and collective wastewater treatment
units), implementing environmental campaigns, planting of
trees, etc..,
3. Work for increasing the surface areas of agricultural land used for
both rain fed and irrigated agriculture through land reclamation
of both very rocky and sandy land to increase its arability.
4. Work for conservation of water resources from pollution and wasting. In this context PARC works on modernization
of irrigation techniques, installation of irrigation networks rehabilitate leaky ones and rehabilitate old ground
water wells, etc.
5. Work for ensuring additional water resources for agricultural purposes through encouraging farmers to use of
marginal water; rainwater harvesting, reuse of treated wastewater, brackish water, etc..,
6. Work for the development of household economy
activities, particularly with rural women,
7. Building the institutional capacity of grassroots and
CBOs in the rural areas of men, women and youth and
encourage the formation of cooperative movement that
aims at promoting the capacities of rural women to
develop their productive and social roles in their societies
and contribute more actively in the building of strong
and progressive civil society movement.
8. Creation of small income generating project for farmers
(Male and Female)
9. Providing CBOs with logistic supports.
10. Working on various national issues that contribute to just peace and freedom of the Palestinian People
such as campaigns against the “Occupation Separation wall, non violent resistance of occupation, electoral
process, organization of International voluntary camps, organizing of Gandhi solidarity visits to the Palestinian
Territories, etc..,
11. Working on promoting the social solidarity with the poor and marginalized groups.
12. Training newly graduate agricultural engineers and vets to raise their skills and capacities to work with rural and
agricultural communities on all issues of development of sustainable agricultural and rural development,
13. Working on reduction of unemployment rate in the rural area. In this context, PARC has developed the
concept of “Relief for Development”. In this field PARC has managed to convince great number of donors to
adopt this concept which, has permitted to implement an important number of projects for job creation in
the agricultural sector.
14. Contribute to the improvement of marketing opportunities of the agricultural products through different ways
of interventions, including:
a. Marketing of some of farmers production through the fair trade channels that has developed,
b. Developing the infra structure for marketing: olive oil filling and filtering facilities; packaging of couscous,
thyme and other products,
c. Rehabilitate, train and prepare farmers for export to the international market. These have been attained
through providing farmers with loans to start or continue their agri-business, certification (organic and global
gap certification) and rehabilitation of the necessary infrastructures for export,
d.Lobbying and advocacy to open crossing points with the Israeli boarders in front of the Palestinian agricultural
produce.
15. Distribution of food baskets in emergency conditions.
16. Studies and research related to integrated and sustainable rural development by PARC and relevant institutions
and universities.
