Maayan Kitron News Today

How did the Arava, a punishingly hot and arid desert, become one of Israel’s breadbaskets? It’s a story of determination and thinking outside the box.

How did the Arava, a punishingly hot and arid desert, become one of Israel’s breadbaskets? It’s a story of determination and thinking outside the box.

Arava International Center for Agricultural Training has trained 20,000 students from 16 countries in methods that raise their yield and their income.

The Jewish National Fund USA is helping to turn Israel’s Arava desert into an oasis of agricultural development, technology and education.

Central-and Northern-Arava R&D Preparations for the New Year events in Europe are in full swing and Israeli flower growers are dispatching 10 million flowers and ornamental branches to the Continent on special cargo flights to the flower exchanges in European and Scandinavian countries. This year’s shipments of 10 million items is a 20% drop compared to the 14 million flowers and ornamental branches sent last year, mainly due to the Coronavirus crisis. Maayan Kitron, director of flowers divis...