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Illustrative. An employee works in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 6:53 pm
Despite industry resilience, Israeli tech firms have a host of woes as Gaza war drags on
Reserve duty, sky-high travel costs and forced relocation are weighing on smaller companies as they cut, scramble and reorient while trying to prove their worth to investors
By Shoshanna Solomon
US Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with President Isaac Herzog as they speak to the media prior to a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, July 19, 2023. (SAUL LOEB / AFP/File)
July 20, 2023, 1:41 am
Herzog, VP Harris announce $70 million agriculture tech fund for Mideast, Africa
Five-year initiative will focus on water resources, ‘climate-smart’ agriculture technology; Veep stresses ‘unbreakable bond’ between countries
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Corn seedlings treated with Grace Breeding's NFT biofertlizer, Londrina University, Brazil, November 5, 2022. (Assaf Dotan)
February 13, 2023, 11:13 pm
Israeli company touts nature-based alternative to toxic fertilizers for crops
Grace Breeding says combining its plant-based ‘bioactivator’ with soil bacteria slashes need for harmful synthetic nitrogen, cuts carbon emissions, water use and farmers’ costs
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A strawberry farm near the city of Netanya, on February 20, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 14, 2022, 12:47 am
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv nab fourth place in list of best global agtech ecosystems
US research firm Startup Genome lists Israeli cities jointly as top location in the Middle East for food technology, trailing only Silicon Valley, New York and London
By Luke Tress
Beewise founders from left to right: Hillel Schreier, Eliyah Radzyner, Saar-Safra, Yossi Surin, Boaz Petersil. (Courtesy: Beewise)
March 30, 2022, 6:09 pm
Israeli bee tech startup Beewise pulls in $80m investment for robotic beehives
Funding round led by Insight Partners; investors include subsidiary of UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company
By Ricky Ben-David
SupPlant says its sensors upload data from the plant, the soil, and the weather so farmers can make better decisions. (SupPlant)
November 30, 2021, 10:52 am
Israeli agtech companies take on worst-case climate crisis forecasts
Science, data and technology will play a major role in adapting to climate change effects, say agriculture tech entrepreneurs
By Viva Sarah Press
A Vertical Field farm installation (Courtesy)
May 27, 2021, 3:10 pm
Vertical Field to erect farm installations for seniors in California
Israeli developer of vertical plant installations to grow produce on walls signs deal with assisted-living provider Calson Management for pilot in Vallejo, California
By Shoshanna Solomon
Agtech firm TomaTech says it has cracked the DNA to create resistance to the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV).
May 10, 2021, 5:37 pm
Agtech firm discovers markers to make tomatoes resistant to dread virus
TomaTech announces ‘major advancement’ in fight against tomato brown rugose fruit virus; discovery of DNA markers will pave way to more resistant fruit
By Shoshanna Solomon
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