Amman, August 18 (Petra) - Gaza’s available farmland is "rapidly shrinking" due to the westward shift of Israel's Yellow Line, warned the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday.

Undamaged and usable farmland dropped by 25.5 percent in eight months, shrinking from 601 hectares last October to just 448 hectares by late June, according to a FAO and UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) joint study.

Extensive damage left most accessible farmland in Gaza unusable. As a result, only 3 percent of the strip's total arable land remains both undamaged and open to farmers.

//Petra// HA