What do we learn from Jewish farmers?

Israel is a small country in the Middle East with extremely harsh natural conditions, a traumatic history, but has risen to become one of the most powerful nations in the world.

A country without "golden forest, silver sea"

The country of Israel was formed from a collection of tens of thousands of exiled Jews around the world. An isolated country, considered to be the number one enemy of many Arab countries not only for political reasons but also from the deep hatred of history.

The Jewish people were forced to live in exile scattered, wandering for the past 2000 years all over the world, wherever they went, they were shunned or spurned, driven away, deprived, even harmed, massacred man .

Israel is located "sandwiched" between Arab countries

Israel, a small Jewish country, suffers from extremely harsh natural conditions, 70% of its territory is desert, the rest are bare rocks and mountains, while the climate is extremely dry. . A country that does not have "gold forest, silver sea" but has a developed economy, the most powerful in the world.

According to IMF data in 2013, per capita income based on Israel's purchasing power reached 37,000 USD, GDP reached about 291 billion USD, growth rate reached 3.33%.

Israel has a very small area, over 20,000 km ² , only 1/16 of Vietnam's area. However, Israel has been dubbed the 'Silicon Valley' of the world in the field of agriculture and water technology. There are only 1.7% of the population working in agriculture, but every year Israel exports less than US $ 3.5 billion of agricultural products, which is one of the world's leading agricultural exporters.

The Israelis always expressed their pride when talking about their country: Although there is extreme climate and geography, we still have the most advanced agriculture in the world. What helped this country create such a feat?

In such an interview and questioning, Ali Yhia, an official of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: 'The secret to Israel's development is intelligence plus solidarity. Israel truly attaches great importance to investment in developing education and training and developing scientific and technological research '.

Building a country from agriculture

In agricultural development, they develop synchronous policies, closely linking research with practical application deployment. From leadership to business, there is a global vision and strategic thinking. Even farm owners are sometimes scientists.

Because of such harsh natural conditions, fresh water in Israel is considered "white gold" and is managed more closely than anywhere in the world. The government set up a separate law to measure water consumption, control the exploitation of groundwater and prevent water pollution. Israel's water treatment technology is the most modern in the world with a recycling rate of up to 75%.

Drip irrigation system

There is no distinction, whether in large cities or rural areas, desert, the irrigation system is so perfect that it is almost impossible to waste a single drop of water.

All plants here are applied drip irrigation technology . Nutrients follow the water pipes to each root, vegetable base and drip irrigation depending on the type of fruit tree by an automatic control software after having fully loaded information about air humidity and soil belt, age and growth needs of each tree.

Not only plants, entire trees, grass, flowers in Israel are also irrigated by drip technology. Israeli children are taught to save water from babies, 75% of domestic wastewater is reused and reused, water through the filter system becomes pure drinkable water.

In addition to farming, Israeli agriculture is famous for the world's highest yielding dairy cows, reaching 12,000 liters / animal / year, while in New Zealand it is 4,000 liters, in the Netherlands 8,000 liters and in the US 9,000 liters. The quality of milk is also the best, higher in protein and fat than other types of milk in other countries.

Technology of raising cows to get milk from Israel

If you have the opportunity to Israel, visit Arava Valley - the pride of every Israelis, where the current President of Israel, Shimon Peres, had to utter when visiting this place in 2009: 'Come To see that, it is people who can create paradise gardens. "

Farm in Arava desert

Arava is one of the world's most arid lands, located in the driest area of ​​the Negev Desert. The average summer temperature is up to 40 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius at night. And the wintertime has a day temperature of 21 degrees and only 3 degrees Celsius at night.

Arava farmers are checking products

Nature is harsh, but up to 90% of the population in Arava are farmers. Stretching across the valley are fields of olives, oranges, pomegranates, lychee, grapes, bananas . green and lush, glass houses filled with flowers, clean vegetables, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, Eggplant . All are applied the most modern technology to ensure the best quality for the product.

Agricultural products at Desertech, an agricultural exhibition held every year at Arava

Arava farmers not only produce their own food but also export their products to the world. Unexpectedly, one of the driest places in the world accounts for over 60% of the total vegetable production and 10% of the total output of Israeli flowers.

Lesson for Vietnam

The story in Israel is like that, from zero built into a world with the most developed agriculture in the world. If you bring the favorable natural and geographical conditions of Vietnam, and put it in Israel's position, how much do they still grow?

Here is an interesting comparison between the two countries created by a Vietnamese expert, after his visit to Israel:

Vietnam is known as a country with an agricultural tradition, but the technology of producing, processing and preserving agricultural products is almost nothing, farmers still have to manage by themselves. Simple machines for agricultural production and agricultural preservation are mostly imported from abroad.

Farmers seem to have to create their own opportunities, such as Mr. Nguyen Van Xu (An Giang), Duc Trong (Lam Dong), Bui Si To (Yen Bai) . invent their own machines to serve production for farmers.

Perhaps Vietnam should look at Israel to study and change? Compared to their country, Vietnam currently has many advantages in terms of geographical location, human resources, and a country with a long tradition of agriculture.

A sustainable agriculture will be a solid foundation to build a developed economy. Before thinking about how many floors a house will be built, a few floors higher each year, the task is to create a solid foundation.

The technology platform is not available, but we can fully learn from developed countries. Copying the success of others to bring about their own success is a method that has been applied by the World for a long time and is always effective in all areas.