City/Town/Village: | Hebron |
County/Province/District (Name of): | n/a |
Sub-national State: | n/a |
Country: | Palestine |
Language: | English |
Spatial Distinction: | Urban |
Level of Government: | Municipality |
Population: | 215,452 |
Population Range: | 50,000 to 249,999 |
Policy Type: | Physical or Capital Infrastructure |
Food Systems Sector(s): | food acquisition, preparation and consumption; food and organic waste management; food production; food retail; food wholesale and distribution |
Year of Adoption: | 2015 |
Adopting Government Department(s): | Hebron City Council |
Lead Implementing Entity: | Ministry of Health and Agriculture |
Supporting Entity: | Department of Environmental Health and Solid Waste |
Additional Supporting Entity: | n/a |
Funding Amount: | n/a |
Funding Sources: | n/a |
Policy Links: | – Web |
Link to Additional Resources: | Resource 1 – Resource 2 |
Policy Outcome: | Hebron's Central Vegetable Market serves as a central hub of the municipality's food systems vision developed after the first Milan Urban Food Policy Pact in 2015. In particular, the City Council, along with other stakeholders, organized several initiatives aimed at increasing smallholder well-being while ensuring sustainability and quality control. This program seeks to establish a vegetable market that aggregates and distributes safe and nutritious produce to local residents; to promote smallholder use of sustainable practices and build smallholder capacity through regular evaluation of growing practices and outcomes; and to collect and responsibly dispose of compost/organic waste for future use by local farmers. |
Policy Keywords: | community food system; coordination; distribution; fertilizer; food hubs; food safety; food waste diversion; physical infrastructure; quality control; traceability; waste prevention |