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Urban agriculture is among those socio economic sectors that are interrelated with food security and therefore it plays a significant role in national development by contributing towards food security, job creation and income generation. This study aims to assess the effect of unemployment records in graduated students in the recovery of the agricultural sector and the input to food security. A combination of both quantitative and qualitative research methods was employed in this study. In the quantitative design, 129 randomly selected urban farmers, completed the self-administered close-ended questionnaires, whereas the statistical analysis presents the socio-demographic, economic and other aspects of the households. Based on the study result, around 2500 student graduated annually from 29 high educational institute in the Gaza Strip. The unemployment is around 41.5%, therefore the graduated students found that urban agriculture is contributing to create more jobs opportunities and improving household income. Moreover, 17.8 percent of the urban farmers are illiterate, 31 percent passed primary education, 24.8 percent passed secondary education while 26.4 percent of them are holding university degrees in different fields. It is highly recommend to include urban agriculture in the future plans of the ministry of labours, ministry of agriculture and all relevant institutions to overcome the high unemployment records and to alleviate poverty in the Gaza vulnerable economy.