Tag: Agriculture
Erdan holds event at UN to bolster relations between Israel and Africa
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan held a program on Monday to showcase Israel’s technology and boost ties between the Jewish state and Africa.
The event, held in collaboration with Innovation: Africa and its founder...
Israeli avocado plants are growing in India
In 2016, undergraduate business student Harshit Godha ran across an article that inspired a dream: establishing one of India’s first commercial avocado orchards.
Wanting to learn from Israeli experts how to do this in his hometown of...
Utilizing skills honed as intelligence operatives, these Israelis are revolutionizing agriculture
A group of former Israeli intelligence experts are in the midst of revolutionizing the fruit-tree farming industry around the world, utilizing their know-how, along with some of the most advanced agriculture technology (“agtech”) on...
UAE, Israel agree on joint project to combat climate change
United Arab Emirates Food and Water Security Minister Mariam al-Muhairi met on Wednesday with representatives of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (H.U.) to promote a research and innovation partnership in the realms of food...
Meet the women who harvest the land of Israel
Have you ever wondered who produced your artisanal olive oil or your locally-made cheese and wine?
Chances are that you’re imagining gruff men toiling away in dusty groves or inspecting huge oak barrels. And while...
Israelis partner with Emiratis to address critical food-security and agricultural needs
A recent Israeli-UAE online investment conference dedicated to addressing agriculture technology and food security was driven by the objective of assisting the Gulf state in meeting one of its central challenges, which came to...
With no tourists in the country, Israeli guide plants new roots (literally)
One morning about a year ago, Dor Pintel was fast asleep, resting up for the next day’s work—guiding a family from Chicago on a professional tour of Ein Gedi and the Judean Desert. At...
Gush Etzion’s ‘Lone Oak Tree’ plaza rededicated in festive ceremony
After two years of renovations, Gush Etzion’s “Lone Oak Tree” plaza was rededicated on Monday at a ceremony attended by Israeli Agriculture Minister Alon Schuster, Tourism Ministry director-general Amir Halevi, Gush Etzion Regional Council...
Israeli locust slayers train Ethiopians to save crops
Some call it a plague. Yoav Motro calls it a war.
The enemies are the huge armies of desert locusts destroying farm and grazing lands across nine East African countries. In Ethiopia alone, the locusts...
Israel, Nepal sign agricultural cooperation agreement
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement between the Israeli Agency for International Development and Cooperation and the Nepalese Agriculture Ministry, seeking to bolster cooperation in the field.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry...