Agriculture

Start-Up Ethiopia: Addis Ababa takes a page from Israel's innovation playbook

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Ethiopia is looking to Israel’s Start-Up Nation model as it builds its own AI sector and strengthens technological cooperation.

‘ANCIENT CONNECTIONS’: A view toward Jerusalem’s Old City during Sigd celebrations emphasizes the centuries-old ties between Ethiopia and the Jewish state – ties now expanding into diplomacy, technology, and regional cooperation.
NEGEV DESERT - APRIL 06 2011:Israeli farmers desert farming planting vines in a desert farm in the Negev, Israel. Israel is a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite its dry climate

Can fungus farming make tomatoes taste better? Israeli researchers say yes

Yair Belachovsky speaks at a state memorial ceremony for Joseph Trumpeldor and the defenders of Tel Hai in 2025

Reviving Tel Hai: Yair Belachovsky’s mission to preserve a defining legacy

Nitzan Gerzi from the SeaNovation innovation center in Eilat

The development that makes it possible to maintain the health of edible fish


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

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

 THE WRITER speaks at an event at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC.

With AI and robotics, 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.

 A Hydroponic farm which grows lettuce in a greenhouse, in the Jewish settlement of Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion, on March 29, 2023. Illustration.

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.

 Dozens of Bedouin students volunteer in agriculture in the Gaza Envelope.

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.

Crates of eggs waiting to be unloaded and sold at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Shuk, February 1, 2023.

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

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

 Agriculture

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.

 Combined in the Mediterranean diet and the Atlantic diet. Fish

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.

 Thai workers in Otef. "The Thais call and want to return, but no one here handles the procedure"

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.

 Mahaz’s farms sit in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,  where fellows are taught skills related to regenerative agriculture and homesteading arts—all in a Jewish context.

'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.

 Yoel Zilberman, founder and CEO of HaShomer HaChadash, at a special conference on Israel’s food security.

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.

Crates of eggs waiting to be unloaded and sold at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Shuk, February 1, 2023.