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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-03/15/c_137898328.htm
Israeli Agri-Tech Helps Address Global Food Security Challenge
(Xinhua-China) Nick Kolyohin - In the past decade, the Israeli agri-tech sector has produced a high number of innovative companies addressing global agricultural issues. Israel is developing areas such as robotics, precision agriculture, eco-friendly pesticides and herbicides, and new animal breeding techniques. Drones, software, and robots are used more and more in the fields of Israel. Israeli scientists closely collaborate with farmers to invent cutting-edge products such as heat-tolerant tomatoes, drought-resistant cucumber seeds, and ultra-efficient drip irrigation. "Israel already uses its innovative technology to sterilize the soil with solar energy instead of using robust harmful chemicals, before seed crops," said Haim Rabinowitch, a professor at the faculty of agriculture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.