04 Dec 2023 --- The Palestinian agri-food industry is facing “a monumental transformation,” with trade in the West Bank heavily disrupted, international exports almost ended, business contracts canceled, reported settler crop destruction and tens of thousands of farm workers prevented from traveling or transporting goods. Produce is rotting en masse, and the market is operating at roughly 25% of prior year levels. Adnan Matouq, a market intelligence and resource development specialist at The Palestinian Trade Center, tells us exact figures and data are still being processed, but “no one really knows what comes next.”
