PICTI in partnership with the Agricultural Development Association signed an agreement to conduct the project of “The technological innovation as a gateway to overcoming the challenges facing the agricultural sector in the Gaza Strip”, funded by The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the supervision of the Welfare Association.

Objectives:

Main Objective: Empower young people economically and facilitate their integration into the labor market, as well as to develop productive projects in the agricultural sector.

Implementation Methodology: The project is designed to provide solutions that will create an enabling environment in which young agricultural and technological leaders can make contributions to help provide innovative pilot solutions to overcome the challenges faced by agricultural production projects. This will contribute to increasing the productivity of SMEs and enhance their continuity and contribution to the local economy; The project includes the selection of 80 young agricultural specialists and the building of their capacity in labor market entry skills, of whom 50 would be selected and given three months’ temporary employment after being provided with job guidance sessions to enable them to choose the best career path.

Implementation Methodology:

Output of the Course:

• Using technology and entrepreneurship to respond to the challenges of the agricultural sector
• More than 150 people received awareness of entrepreneurship and the importance of integrating technology into agriculture
• 20 startups and entrepreneurial ideas that have provided them with the necessary skills to develop business plans and models for entrepreneurial projects
• 7 projects received grants to start the implementation for their ideas
• 50 agricultural engineers have been given.