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A local farmer harvests hot peppers on a Tikkun Olam Ventures pilot site in Butajira, southern Ethiopia, in June 2018. (Courtesy JDC)
October 11, 2018, 5:13 pm
New fund utilizes Israeli tech to help small farmers in Africa
JDC program will give thousands of agriculturists access to low-interest loans in bid to improve their crop yields, ensure their products command a fair market price
By Melanie Lidman
Author Seth M. Siegel, and his book, 'Let There Be Water.' (Courtesy)
September 7, 2017, 1:15 pm
Author Seth Siegel to discuss how Israel is winning the world’s water wars
Activist and TV personality will be interviewed on Sept. 11 in front of a live audience by Times of Israel’s Miriam Herschlag
By Yaakov Schwartz
A net greenhouse in Los Pinos, Mexico, the largest greenhouse tomato project in the country, developed with Israel's Netafim drip irrigation and greenhouse technology (Courtesy Netafim)
August 7, 2017, 10:52 am
Mexican firm to buy Israel drip irrigation pioneer Netafim for $1.5 billion
Mexichem has signed a deal to buy 80% of Netafim in a deal that values the drip irrigation pioneer at $1.895 billion
By Shoshanna Solomon
Jeevan Vipinachandran
June 20, 2017, 9:50 am
Jeevan Vipinachandran
Can Israeli water technology save the world?
Water, the most precious resource in the world, is increasingly scarce; but even as global water shortages threaten the world, Israeli innovation in countering water scarcity could yet lead the world out of the abyss of water shortage and war
A drip irrigated field in southern Israel (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
From the WebJanuary 11, 2017, 3:27 pm
Rivulis Irrigation buys Greek company Eurodrip
Globes: The acquisition of the Greek company makes Rivulis Irrigation, based in Israel’s Kibbutz Gvat, the world’s second largest drip irrigation systems manufacturer; no financial details of the deal were disclosed
Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes (Flickr/Agencia de Noticias ANDES/CC BY-SA 2.0)
July 8, 2016, 5:34 am
Paraguay president to visit Israel seeking expanded ties
With collaboration growing in agriculture and other fields, Asuncion looks to up exports, tech cooperation
By JTA
A drip irrigated field in southern Israel (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
June 26, 2016, 10:21 pm
Israel to deliver drip irrigation systems to Paraguayan farmers
Plan led by agronomist from Paraguay who graduated from Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation
By JTA
A 2005 file photo from the Ashkelon desalination plant. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
April 28, 2016, 2:13 pm
Israeli water recycling, desalination tech needs work, studies show
Although recognized as a world leader in making every drop count, researchers say Israel should do more research to improve public health
By David Shamah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris on November 30, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
December 1, 2015, 1:39 am
Netanyahu hails Israel’s ‘leading role’ in addressing climate change
In address to Paris summit, PM cites local innovations in solar, agricultural and irrigation technology as examples of combating global crisis
By Tamar Pileggi
A drip irrigated field in southern Israel (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
From the WebOctober 16, 2015, 6:14 am
Israel exports agricultural know-how to Africa
Voice of America: Drip irrigation, desalination, and water management systems are just some of the Israeli technologies Africans are interested in
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Jewish community leaders in Florence, Italy, on August 28, 2015. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
August 28, 2015, 11:02 pm
PM to Italy’s Jewish leaders: Israeli innovation will defeat BDS
Netanyahu says efforts to isolate Israel will ultimately fail because ‘science and technology are stronger than any boycott’
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech as a security guard stands near him during a visit at the Universal Exhibition 2015 (Expo Milano 2015 or World Exposition 2015) in Milan on August 27, 2015. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)
August 27, 2015, 10:32 pm
Visting Italy, PM says Israel to seek bigger role in African development
Cooperation with Italy on Africa’s agricultural tech tops Netanyahu’s agenda on first major trip since his reelection
By Angus Mackinnon
An aerial view of Alicante, Spain, where a Netafim system recycles wastewater and distributes it via a drip-irrigation system, watering all public areas in the southern Spanish town. (Courtesy Netafim)
June 19, 2015, 2:30 pm
Israel and World Bank sign water tech deal
Together with the international financial institution, Israeli expertise will help countries face growing water challenges
By David Shamah
A NaanDanJain irrigation project (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 4, 2015, 5:45 pm
Entrepreneur boasts drip system could end world hunger
NaanDanJain’s new rice watering system, says the company’s agronomist, can help farmers save water, take more crop to market
By David Shamah
A faucet and toilets in a classroom at the ecological village in Nitzana, Israel, October 29, 2009. Students there learn about desalination and on how to save water. (photo credit: Chen Leopold/Flash 90)
April 22, 2015, 8:58 am
Recycling toilet waste and four other Israeli answers to California’s drought
As the Golden State dries up, it could learn a lot from desert-ringed but amply-watered Israel
By Ben Sales
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