June 2014 Empowering vulnerable households in marginalized areas (Area C) and improving their living conditions to mitigate impact of Occupation Restrictions
Funding Agency: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Partner Organization: Dan Church Aid (DCA) Starting Date: July, 2013 Ending Date: [...]
December 2013 “Trading your neighbor’s water”.-Israeli appropriation of Palestinian water resources for export products: compiling existing data of water consumption of settlements exports”
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Contracting Party: German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ) Funding Agency: Starting Date September, 2013 Ending Date: December, 2013 The aim of the project is to provide an overview over the current existing data and [...]
ARIJ held a workshop to announce the selected crops within the activities of “Food Production – Consumption Assessment to improve sustainable agriculture and food security in the West Bank – Palestine”
The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ), in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the Ministry of National Economy (MoE) held a workshop on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 in Ramallah, to announce the targeted crops within the activities of [...]
ARIJ conducted second visit to Al Badhan Valley Hiking Trail
Within the activities of promoting socio-economic development through innovative technological actions for Mediterranean tourism heritage and landscapes protection clusters (HELAND), the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ) conducted the second field visit to Al Badhan village hiking trail in Nablus, on the [...]
Snow Cover Mapping during Alexa winter storm in West Bank, Palestine
INTRODUCTION From 11 to 14 December 2013, winter storm (Alexa) covered the West Bank, Palestine with heavy snow. This storm was described as the worst winter storm on record since 1953 (FAO, 2014). Heavy snow rendered dozens of communities across the West [...]
Food Security Information System in Tubas, Bethlehem, and Hebron Governorates (FSIS)
The FSIS project is conducted by the Applied Research Institute ~ Jerusalem (ARIJ) and funded by the Spanish Cooperation during the period 2009-2010. It aims at investigating food insecurity and vulnerability in Tubas, Bethlehem and Hebron governorates by providing quantitative and qualitative [...]
1. Renewable Energy Lighting Unit
With the beginning of the year 2010, more than 20,000 citizens in the different areas of the West Bank are still suffering from the unavailability of electricity to lighten their houses and roads, or even meet their daily needs (See Map) . [...]
2. Small Scale Wastewater Treatment Unit
At present, rural Palestinian areas dispose waste water using cesspits. Most of the cesspits are left without a cement basement or lining so that sewage infiltrates into the earth layers. The owners avoid using the expensive services of the vacuum tankers to [...]