Israel technology for agriculture

The water diplomats: How western Negev AgTech and WaterTech are taking root in Colorado

Israeli AgTech and WaterTech start-ups met the farmers, engineers, and officials ready to test them in Colorado's fields.

Jim Yahn at North Sterling Reservoir, built by local homesteaders in 1909 to 1911 to store irrigation water and now the centerpiece of North Sterling State Park.
 Israeli nonprofit CultivAid is working with Tanzanian grape growers and young agricultural professionals.

Israeli agricultural non-profit CultivAid helps support Tanzania’s growing wine industry

Herzl statue at Mikveh Israel before it was vandalized.

Statue of Theodor Herzl vandalized in central Israel days before Independence Day

Agrilight – a start-up project in the  DeserTech’s agriculture sector, demonstrating that it’s possible to  grow crops under a photovoltaic installation.

How the Negev desert became Israel's unlikely global tech powerhouse


HU plant scientist makes sesame seeds a growth area in global food production

Dr. Zvi Peleg wins Kaye Innovation Award for recognizing ancient crop’s ability to feed a hungry world.

Sesame seeds are considered to be the oldest oilseed crop known to humanity

5 Israeli startup personalities

The Jerusalem Post

HU introduces novel way to extend leafy greens’ shelf life

The invention is scheduled to be presented at the 19th Agritech Israel exhibition currently being held in Tel Aviv.

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Visiting officials: Emerging nations require private-sector involvement for agriculture

Israeli Agritech Exhibition attracts 35,000 people from 117 countries

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Tech Talk: Going geek in the Negev

A round-up of the latest hi-tech news from Israel and around the world.

One of the Geekcon Green inventions: A satellite dish stove

‘A drip revolution’ around the world

When he was approached in 1972 by the founders of the budding Netafim firm, Rafi Mehoudar had no idea he would soon develop one of the most widely used irrigation technologies around the world.

Netafim

La révolution, au goutte-à-goutte

La micro-irrigation aide à lutter contre la faim dans le monde. A l’origine de cette invention, Rafi Mehoudar et le kibboutz Hatzerim. L’histoire d’une réussite

Rafi Mehoudar

Government launches NIS 100m. fund to help Arava farmers diversify away from peppers

Under the program, farmer who agree to convert their pepper growing areas into spaces to develop other crops are eligible to receive grants.

A peck of peppers

Hebrew University receives USAID grant to boost crop yields

The grant, whose application was facilitated by the New York-based American Friends of Hebrew University, will enable the establishment of a Unit of Correlative Microscopy at Rehovot campus.

A drip irrigation farm.

SPNI files High Court petition against Agriculture Ministry demanding fishing reforms

"We must save the ecological system of the Mediterranean Sea from collapse – 100,000 protected animals die every year in the sea, as a result of uncontrolled fishing," a statement from SPNI said.

Fresh fish