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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 ...
Yoav Kislev (Hebrew: יואב כסלו; born 1932 in Haifa – died 19 June 2017 in Rehovot) was an Israeli agricultural and water economist, who continued until his death with active research as professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the Department of Environmental Economics and Management [1] in the Rehovot Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
HaMerkaz HaHakla'i Building in Tel Aviv. HaMerkaz HaHakla'i (Hebrew: המרכז החקלאי, lit. 'The Agricultural Centre'), also referred to simply as Merkaz Hakla'i, is an umbrella organization covering the economic and social functioning of a large part of the agricultural settlements in Israel.
Jonathan Gressel (born October 30, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an Israeli agricultural scientist and Professor Emeritus at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. [2] Gressel is a "strong proponent of using modern genetic techniques to improve agriculture" especially in third world and developing countries such as Africa . [ 3 ]
His parents were among the founders of Zikhron Ya'akov, one of the pioneer Jewish agricultural settlements of the First Aliyah. He had two sisters, Sarah and Rivka, [ 3 ] and a brother, Alexander . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Aaronsohn was the first car-owner in Palestine and one of the first to own a bicycle, which he brought back from France. [ 3 ]
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.
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.
An aerial view of irrigation from the Nile, supporting agriculture in Luxor. Agriculture in Egypt has existed since 5500 BC. Desert farming is the practice of developing agriculture in deserts. As agriculture depends upon irrigation and water supply, farming in arid regions where water is scarce is a challenge. However, desert farming has been ...