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A score of Israeli technologies offers pragmatic solutions for future agricultural problems

Arid climate and barren land in Israel forced its settlers to find innovative ways of farming, that is helping deal with the planet’s ever-increasing demand for food.

By Robert Swift from The Media Line

 

Ten billion people. That is the number of mouths that farmers will have to feed in another two decades. In order to do this food production needs to increase by 70 percent.

Israeli farmer in southern Israel (File photo)
Israeli farmer in southern Israel (File photo)

“In recent years, due to the over usage of soils there are more problems with insects and diseases. At the same time, there is increased regulation on the usage of chemicals,” Yuval Fradkin, the head of Futura Graft told The Media Line.

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