Agro and Food Union

Israel’s agricultural sector is characterized by intensive production system based on the need to compensate for the shortcomings of natural resources, particularly water. High level of development of the country’s agricultural sector achieved through close collaboration of scientists, agronomists, consultants, and various agro-industrial companies. These four elements together to promote advanced technologies in all branches of agriculture. The result of such close cooperation is the development of modern agriculture in the country, half of which is desert.
Despite the reduction in the number of working farmers and the share of agriculture in GDP, it is the main supplier of food to the local market, but also plays a significant role in Israeli exports.
Agriculture Israel today, in the early 21 century, is very different from what it was even a century ago. When in the late 19 th century the Jewish people began to migrate to their historic homeland, his main efforts were aimed at restoring more than half the dried land, much of which was unsuitable for plowing because of the lack of forests, soil erosion and neglect. Rocky area cleared in the hilly areas were built terraces, swamps drained, began a systematic reforestation, soil erosion has been neutralized and salted strips of land were washed to reduce salinity. Thus, as a result of huge work total area of crops grown from 165 hectares to 420 hectares.
The diversity of climatic, topographic and soil conditions allow Israel to grow a wide range of agricultural products. The success of this industry in the country achieved through determination and ingenuity of farmers and scientists have devoted themselves to the creation of a prosperous agriculture in the country’s semi-desert. The success of this shows that the real value of land depends on how the land is used.
For efficient development of agricultural production requires a highly efficient system of agriculture. In turn, the creation of such a system at present is hardly possible without the introduction of highly efficient technologies for collecting and processing information on agricultural performance. As international experience shows, IT technology can provide substantial help in solving the numerous problems associated with planning, forecasting, analysis and modeling of agricultural processes.