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Fields in the Jezreel Valley.. Most of Israel's agriculture is based on cooperative principles that evolved in the early twentieth century. [2] Two unique forms of agricultural settlements; the kibbutz, a collective community in which the means of production are communally owned and each member's work benefits all; and the moshav, a farming village where each family maintains its own household ...
English: Map of the Middle East showing Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon including Gaza, Golan Heights and West Bank. العربية: خريطة دولة إسرائيل والأراضي الفلسطينية التي تشمل الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة والجولان السوري المحتل.
The Negev region, situated in the southern part of present-day Israel, has a long and varied history that spans thousands of years.Despite being predominantly a semi-desert or desert, it has historically almost continually been used as farmland, pastureland, and an economically significant transit area.
The Carte de l'Égypte (English: Map of Egypt), from the Description de l'Égypte, was the first triangulation-based map of Egypt, Syria and Palestine. The mapmaking expedition was led by Pierre Jacotin. It was used as the basis for many maps of the region for much of the nineteenth century. [1] [2]
Prior to the declaration of Israel in 1948, the UN proposed a United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine based on the location of land legally purchased [2] and used to create Jewish Settlements in the area. Jewish Settlement in Palestine 1880-1914 This maps depicts the originally anticipated borders of Israel upon inception 1938
Jordan assumed administrative control of the West Bank in 1950 and Egypt would hold Gaza, an arrangement that would last until the Six-Day War of 1967, when Israeli forces conquered those territories.
The Israel-Hamas war has plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands, located around the Gaza Strip and in the north near the Lebanese and Syrian borders, into crisis.
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences of the Hebrew University in Rehovot is a major partner in the conduct of agricultural research. In the Faculty, which includes Agricultural economics and management, a School of nutritional sciences and hotel, food and tourism management are about 90 tenured scientific staff.