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Israel Agrotechnology
“More With Less” 2013
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North: 720
Mountain: 550
South: 30
Rainfall 1,000
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Israel’s Agricultural Sectors
• Greenhouses
• Water Management Irrigation
• Dairy Farming
• Poultry Farming
• Aquaculture
• Seeds
• Mechanization
• Fertilizers and Pesticides
• Turnkey Projects, Consulting and Know-How
Agriculture Paradox
Over the last 60 Years Then Today
Labor Force 17% 2.6%
Land 20% less
Fresh Water 50% less
Product’s Value/1m3 0.5$ 4$
More With Less
Total fresh product has risen 15 fold
Self sufficient + 35% export
Facts & Figures 300 Israeli Agrotechnology related companies 170 Exporting companies IEICI Members- 100 companies Sector export turnover – 3.4 B US$ Main Models of Cooperation:
– Buying “Off the Shelf” – Turn-Key Projects – Joint Venture – Cooperation in Training & Research
Greenhouses 1. Natural restrictions of soil, water and climate led to Israeli-developed
greenhouse technologies for high added value crops.
2. Greenhouse systems, including specialized plastic films, and heating,
ventilation and structure systems, enable Israeli farmers to achieve superior
results:
Grow more than 3,000,000 roses per hectare per season
Average of 300 tons of tomatoes per hectare per season, four times the yields of
open fields
Water and Irrigation World’s most advanced user of agricultural irrigation – half of all agricultural land under irrigation.
Pioneer in developing innovative technologies and accessories: drip irrigation, automatic valves and controllers, media and automatic filtration, low discharge sprayers and mini- sprinklers, compensated drippers and sprinklers.
Computer-controlled drip irrigation = huge water savings and enables fertigation.
Global Reputation – more than 80% of production exported.
Dairy Farming 1. Israeli-developed advanced technologies that have revolutionized the industry.
2. Average milk production has increased two and a half times since the 1950s –
from 3,900 liters annually to an average of nearly 11,000 liters per dairy cow.
3. Israel’s dairy exports include frozen semen, embryos for transplant, heifers,
advanced milking and computerized feeding systems, consulting, and joint
international project development.
Breeding - Breeds developed in Israel highly disease-
resistant, adaptable to extremes of climate and heat, and
characterized by rapid growth rate, high egg production and
low-fat meat.
Equipment - automatic egg collector, poultry drinking
systems and durable plastic slat flooring that contribute to
hygienic conditions in the henhouse.
Control Systems - Sophisticated control systems maintain
desired levels of humidity, heat, lighting, feed, ventilation and
cooling 24 hours a day.
Poultry Farming Israeli-developed innovations improve production and make
poultry farmers’ work more efficient
Seeds
Worldwide demand for Israeli seeds and seedlings:
Disease resistant seed varieties developed
– durable in storage and suited to a variety
of climatic conditions.
40% of European tomato greenhouses
use seeds of Israeli-developed and
produced tomato hybrid with long shelf life.
Other Israeli successes:
Seedless Watermelon
Resistant Squash
High-Yield Cucumbers
Saucer-Shaped Yellow Zucchini
Hybrid Cotton variety with longer and stronger fibers and high-yield
crop requiring less water, naturally colored cotton and more.
Mechanization Israel manufactures and exports a variety of specialized
agricultural equipment, including:
Mobile Celery Packing House
Machinery for Digging Silage and mixing the feed uniformly
Poultry Equipment – drinkers, automatic egg collectors, climate control systems and scales for weighing
Air-Blast Sprayer for use in citrus growing and vineyards which provides an efficient cover of the tree.
Flower Bulb Transplanters.
Machinery for Packing Houses.
Fertilizers Israel’s southern region, particularly Dead Sea area, rich in mines providing
potassium, phosphorus and magnesium for the agricultural sector:
Direct raw material exports
Local processing and compounding to enhance utility, effectiveness and environmental safety.
Remarkable developments include:
Application of fertilizers through drip irrigation buried in the ground to ensure that less mobile components, such as phosphorous, will reach the roots directly.
Controlled-Release Fertilizers – coated in polymers to ensure slow, prolonged release and delivery via diffusion. Slow release fertilizers allow better exploitation of the fertilizer and less groundwater pollution.
Turnkey Projects, Consulting and Know-How
Increasingly, Israeli Agrotechnology companies join
forces and supply turnkey projects for both crop
and livestock development programs:
Multiple skills, talents and experiences are enlisted
to provide integrated solutions that embrace:
Soil
Water Additives
Plants
Livestock Varieties, Equipment and Structures
The Results: Improved Yields at Lower Cost
A win-win situation in a resource-stressed world
Would it be possible to
produce enough food in
2050 to meet the needs
of a world population that
will have increased to more
than 9 billion ? Source: FAO of the UN - website
By 2050 the world’s population will reach 9.1 billion
(34% higher than today)
Nearly all of this population increase will occur in
developing countries
About 70% of the world’s population will be urban
(compared to 49% today)
Climate changes
The global food supply challenges
Source: FAO of the UN - website