The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture inaugurated the watermelon and cantaloupe picking season for the year 2022, in the Khan Yunis governorate in the southern Gaza Strip.

The cultivated area of ​​melon for the year 2022 in the sector exceeds 5,000 dunams, producing 50,000 tons, and the cultivated area of ​​melon is 1,700 dunams, producing about.

He explained that the watermelon crop is one of the most important fruit crops grown in the Gaza Strip on a large scale, as the area planted with watermelon has witnessed a significant increase in recent years, due to the spread of the idea of ​​grafting vegetables, which had a role in finding solutions to many of the problems facing watermelon cultivation in the Gaza Strip.