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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

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A man stands in the basin of a community reservoir near his farm that ran nearly empty after its retaining wall started to leak and hot weather and drought conditions accelerated the loss of water, in Longquan village in southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, Aug. 20, 2022. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
August 25, 2022, 10:07 am
Half of China hit by drought, rice crops threatened in worst heatwave on record
Southern China records its longest continuous period of high temperatures since records began more than 60 years ago, with hot weather even reaching normally frigid Tibetan Plateau
By AFP
Illustrative: A display of cheesecakes at a bakery in Netanya. (Chen Leopold/Flash 90)
May 17, 2021, 11:44 am
Daily Briefing: Shavuot edition – Drip irrigation for rice & (non)dairy delights
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By ToI Staff
Drip-irrigated rice crops in Turkey. (Netafim)
May 10, 2021, 4:54 pm
Israel’s drip irrigation pioneers aim to do away with flooded rice fields
Netafim says its trailblazing drip system for rice uses 70% less water, can help slash global warming gases and cut arsenic levels associated with paddy rice
By Sue Surkes
Dotan Borenstein, CEO of SaliCrop, stands next to a tractor distributing carrot seeds for a field trial near the Gaza border, August 23, 2020. (Courtesy)
August 25, 2020, 5:25 pm
Israeli firm develops groundbreaking method to grow seeds in saline soil
With a fifth of world’s agricultural land now too salty for cultivation, SaliCrop trials in India, Israel, see treated seeds yield up to 32% more crops than regular ones
By Sue Surkes
Chef David Lv displays his finished Yu Xiang eggplant dish at a workshop for Israeli chefs (Michael Harel/Times of Israel)
June 20, 2018, 5:52 pm
Hold the hummus, bring on the fried rice, say Chinese tourists to Israel
Tourism Ministry brings Chinese master chefs to teach Israeli hotel chefs how to make Chinese food, in an effort to please visitors’ picky palates
By Michael Harel
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