REINVENTING AGRICULTURE
Until the mid-1970s, Israel had a strong agricultural orientation. In order to adapt to changing geopolitical, market and climatic conditions, a combination of sophisticated applied science, and rugged determination enabled Israel to make the transition to an industrial, hi-tech economy. Like most of Israeli innovation, technology was born out of necessity. Agriculture was not abandoned, but was transformed along with the rest of the country. Israel has come a long way since then. The fact that representatives from over 40 countries convened in Israel for four days last week to discover technologies in agriculture - involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, drones, etc., - testifies to Israel as being one of the leading countries in the world in the branch of agriculture. One of the most outstanding examples is an NGO, founded by Sivan Ya’ari, with a mission to bring Israeli solar and water technologies to rural African villa...