12 ways Israelis change world agriculture (P2)

From drip irrigation to biological pesticides, Israel's agricultural revolution is bringing new ways to change the face of agricultural production.

>>>12 ways Israelis change world agriculture (P1)

7. Drip irrigation technology from the air

Tal-Ya is a watering technology that uses several plastic trays to collect dew, steam from the air, which helps to reduce the amount of water required to irrigate crops, which can save up to 50% of irrigation water. The key to technology is the serrated square trays, made from recycled plastic with ultraviolet filters, which will surround the tree.

With the day-night temperature change, steam rises and the night dew will settle on both surfaces of Tal-Ya tray, following a funnel and watering down the roots. If it rains, these trays will catch rainwater and water the plants, which increases the efficiency of irrigation per millimeter of rainwater by 27 times.

In addition, the trays also limit the sun so that weeds cannot take root, and protect plants from extreme temperature changes in desert areas and barren lands, while reducing water pollution. implicit.

Figure: technology to water from the air

8. Environmentally friendly plant protection technology

To solve the problem of plant protection and still be environmentally friendly, Hebrew University technology transfer company cooperates with Makhteshim Agan, the world's leading company in plant protection products developed. and commercializing slow-spreading herbicide products to soil and pesticides does not harm beneficial insects.

Israel's approach is to produce negatively charged, herbicide-like herbicide bags that allow it to spread to the soil slowly and can be controlled, reducing osmosis into deeper soil layers while maintaining the herbicidal effect on the surface soil.

This increases herbicide efficiency and reduces the dose needed. With pesticides, Israeli engineers make special drugs that affect only one or a few pests while there is no effect on other species, which reduces the impact of pesticides. to beneficial insects, ensuring biodiversity and protecting the environment.

9. Breeding fish in the desert

Overfishing is a serious threat to maintaining fish production, fish is the main source of protein for hundreds of millions of people around the world. Many countries are headache because they want to develop domestic supply of fish, but conditions for farming area are limited by natural conditions and water resources. Those worries can be solved with an Israeli technology that allows fish to be raised in almost anywhere, even in the desert.

That is the GFA system (Grow Fish Anywhere). This fish farming system is a closed fish farming area that can be placed anywhere, regardless of the conditions of electricity, water and the external environment, it allows to eliminate problems. on environmental cleaning in conventional fish farming, and independent of available water. In particular, the system uses the bacteria developed to clean the aquarium as well as the pathogens in the fish, making almost no waste in the pond and no need to change water.

10. Producing food from greenhouse gases

Greenhouse gas - CO2 is the cause of climate change, but what if it is used for farming? That's what Israeli seambiotic technology brings. People have long known that algae are a species of animals that can bring about 30 times more value than any known crop, and it is also a key factor in creating the majority of oxygen. Let us breathe every day. What is the main food of algae? It is CO2 and light, and seambiotic systems that will bring CO ₂ emitted from plants into a source of food for algae.

In the regions of Africa and the Middle East, what is never lacking is sunlight, with the highest annual light times in the world, these two regions are paradise for algae farming. What is more amazing when a technology can both solve the problem of CO2 emissions into the air and bring high economic value, which is the great thing that Israelis have brought to the world.

Figure: technology to cultivate algae from greenhouse gas emissions of factories.

11. Breeding African carp

Half a century ago, in the Lake Victoria area, African carp was an important part of the diet of nearby Ugandan people. But when the Nile perch entered the lake, it competed and slaughtered most of the fish in the lake, including African carp. The surrounding courtyard has no tools or techniques for catching Nile perch as well as no breeding and fish farming techniques, so there is a serious food shortage. Since then the diet of residents has been reduced, health problems have occurred.

To address the problem of supply shortage, Hebrew University Professor Berta Sivan has implemented a multi-year project to help African families. Her team has applied breeding, breeding and farming techniques developed over the years to Israeli farmers to solve this problem.

Over the years, the project has brought tremendous change for Uganda, not only to breed African carp species to feed on Ugandan fish farms, but it also provides training on how to to exploit and cultivate this fish in small scale. Now local children have a plentiful supply of protein along with their fruits and vegetables, nutritional problems have been basically decided.

12. High quality seeds for bumper crops

At Hebrew University, agricultural scientists Ilan Sela and Haim D. Rabinowitch developed TraitUP technology, a technology that allows the implantation of genetic material into seeds without modifying their original DNA structure. This method ensures the quality of crop seeds right before they are planted. With this technology, scientists can introduce pest resistance, enhance soil and climate adaptation traits to seeds to improve crop quality later.

This technology opens up opportunities for the development of specialized plant varieties for each climate and soil area to maximize productivity and quality assurance. This provides an opportunity for developing countries to improve the productivity and quality of agricultural products, ensure food security and create competitive advantage.