agriculture

Record heat hits Israel: Soaring food prices and climate change challenges

Israel's record-breaking heat is pushing food prices higher. Learn how climate change is impacting agriculture and what needs to be done.

By YORAM KAPULNIK
27/08/2024

Two Israeli startups showcase the future of sustainable farming

Two Israeli startups collaborate to develop innovative techniques for sustainable agriculture in response to environmental challenges and food security crises.

Gov't calls for ag-tech projects, will offer funding up to NIS 16m.

Israel's new program provides NIS 16m. to ag-tech start-ups, aiming to boost innovation and revitalize Gaza border communities.

21/08/2024

Israel boosts egg import quota amid war in North

The quota was determined based on the ministry's predictions of what Israel's egg production will be given the security situation and weather conditions, and taking holiday consumption into account.

19/08/2024

Agricultural productivity down, food waste up since outbreak of Israel-Hamas War

The combined effects of less access to agricultural land and fewer foreign and Palestinian workers have pushed Israeli agriculture to the brink.

By NATHAN KLABIN/THE MEDIA LINE
06/08/2024

NIS 9.6 million: Aquaculture receives significant support

The Ministry of Agriculture will invest approximately NIS 10 million in aquaculture to help the fish farmers affected by the lowering of the duty on imported fish.

By YUVAL BANINO
04/08/2024

Thailand suspends the arrival of thousands of workers to Israel following Iranian threats

Thai laborers began returning to Israel in May, seven months after many left following the Hamas attack on October 7.

02/08/2024

How Mahaz brings Jews back to the beauty of Jewish farming and agriculture

Explore Mahaz Fellows' journey in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where Jewish tradition merges with regenerative farming and homesteading skills.

By HOWARD BLAS
02/08/2024

'Without agriculture, we face an existential threat': Food security experts speak at conference

Since the start of the war, agricultural production has significantly declined. As of March, approximately 90% of Israeli farmers reported damages to their farms due to the war.

Food security in war: Gov't increases egg import quotas, food waste exacerbated

This increase is meant to ensure the continuity of the supply of eggs, given the impacts on agriculture of the ongoing war in Israel's north.

25/07/2024
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