RAMALLAH, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- French Development Agency (AFD), a french public financial institution headquartered in Paris, on Tuesday donated nearly 28 million U.S. dollars to support water and agriculture projects in the Gaza Strip.

The agreement on the donation was signed by Catherine Bonnaud, director of the AFD branch in Jerusalem, and Palestinian Minister of Finance Shukri Bishara, Palestinian Minister of Agriculture Riyad al-Atari and Head of the Palestinian Water Authority Mazen Ghoneim, in the presence of Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye.

The donation aims to reduce the effects of high temperatures, low rainfall and a severe drought due to the climate change, and benefit from additional quantities of alternative water sources that can be used for sustainable agriculture in the Palestinian coastal enclave. Enditem

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