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The Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute (Hebrew: מנהל המחקר החקלאי - מכון וולקני), previously known as the Agricultural Research Station of the Jewish Agency for Israel, is an Israeli agricultural research center. It serves as the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the ...
Agricultural research in Israel is based on close cooperation and interaction between scientists, consultants, farmers and agriculture-related industries. Israel's climate ranges from Mediterranean (Csa) to semi-arid and arid. Shortage of irrigation water and inadequate precipitation in some parts of the country are major constraints facing ...
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 ...
Other scientific research institutions include the Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research in Beit Dagan, the Israel Institute for Biological Research and the Soreq Nuclear Research Center. The Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center at Sde Boker is an alternative energy research institute established in 1987 by the Ministry of National ...
Agricultural insurance in the country is provided by KANAT, the Insurance Fund for Natural Risks in Agriculture. It is jointly owned by the government and the farm marketing boards, and overseen by the Ministry. [1] [2] [3] The KANAT Award[he:קטגוריה:זוכי אות קנט] is given for agricultural research. [4]
Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company "There was a two-color process invented around 1913 by Kodak that used two glass plates in contact with each other, one being red-orange and the other ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (left) and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick greet then-President Donald Trump at the foot of Air Force One at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 2019.
The Galia melon, also known as sarda in Southeast Asia, is a type of F 1 hybrid melon (Cucumis melo) originating from a cross between the green-flesh cantaloupe (Cantalupensis Group) 'Ha'Ogen' and the netted-rind early melon (Chandalak Group) 'Krymka' (sometimes as 'Krimka').