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4-02-2009  Photo Collection  
Gaza: let the seeds grow
Agriculture is a lifeline for a sizeable portion of Gaza's population. When the sector took a severe blow during the recent fighting, a lot of people were left struggling to cope with this fresh setback. Now, those who can are picking up the pieces, as the ICRC’s Iyad Nasr explains.

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Now that the fields are cleared, it is important to reconnect them to the main irrigation system.

"Even though the irrigation system was damaged and it might take several weeks to repair it, we must lay the pipelines now and be ready to receive water for irrigation in the coming months," explains Ismaeel Al Attar, an agricultural plumber.

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