The Ministries of Agriculture and Finance have decided to provide incentives to farmers living near the Gaza perimeter fence to speed up the harvest of wheat and barley to grains, before the usual time of year, which ends at the beginning of July, in order to reduce damage to farmers exposed to the threat caused by arson kites and the resulting fires.
According to the ministry's data, the area is 40,000 dunams (10,000 acres) of wheat and barley fields, and the amount of support that will be provided by the Ministry of Agriculture will be NIS 2 million.