India can benefit from Israeli techniques in horticulture: Expert

 Jerusalem  2010 Pushing the agenda to take Indo-Israeli cooperation in the agricultural sector to the “next level”, the third high-level delegation of 19 agriculture officers from seven different Indian states concluded two weeks ago. Training program on horticulture management.

The program “Horticulture Management: Israel’s Value Chain” was organized by the Mashav Agricultural Training Center (MATC) in Shefaim and the course focused on the possibility of replicating the “Israeli Value Chain”.

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MASHAV, Israel’s international development cooperation agency, works with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide developing countries with good experience in Israeli development and planning, and has served as an important arm of the ministry’s diplomatic outreach program.

The delegation visited several Israeli nurseries to explore the potential of importing Israeli species of planting material suitable for India in the horticulture sector. Field visits to various orchards, vegetable farms, packinghouses and more have become an essential part of the management course. Local experts made a presentation on horticulture by listing important activities based on Israeli knowledge.

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“Our partnership with Israel has been constantly strengthened and this visit has been helpful in many ways. It will help improve the fruit seedling protocol, canopy management of orchards, post-harvest production management and loss reduction, increasing productivity. Dr. Manoj Kumar Kundu Haryana Govt. Joint Director of Horticulture told PTI.

“Israel is at the forefront of drip irrigation fertilization techniques, and the local methods used here can play an important role in improving the yield per unit,” added Kundu.

The Haryana government officer, who pointed out the consensus between the two governments on developing 75 villages of excellence, said that 75 more have been identified to increase the number to 150 and the government has committed to create 1500 villages of excellence by 2025.

Most of the villages are coming up around centers of excellence in Israeli agricultural technology. Nearby villages are being made to adopt the techniques being taught in these centres.

Dr. Kundu pointed out that 29 centers of excellence in different regions are already providing services and 13 others are in the development stage.

The delegation participated in the 31st annual Agro-Mashov International Agri-Business Exhibition on September 6 at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem as part of a two-week program. The program started on September 4th and ended on September 17th.

“Avocado and pomegranate cultivation in Israel has attracted the attention of many people around the world and the pomegranate cultivation has attracted the special attention of the visitors,” Yair Eshel, Agricultural Adviser at the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, told PTI along with the delegation.

Eighteen agriculture officials from seven different states of India, engaged with the Indo-Israel Center of Excellence, visited Israel earlier in April to learn new approaches and technologies in the sector. Price for farmers.

Agriculture officials from the Indo-Israel Centers of Excellence (CoE) then participated in a state-wide course on “Managing Centers of Excellence: Developing Value for Farmers”, also organized by the Mashav Agricultural Training Center (MATC).

Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar visited Israel in May and talked about taking Indo-Israeli cooperation in the field of agriculture to the “next level” and emphasized the importance of developing villages of excellence.

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