How can Israel help Indian agriculture?
Indo-Israel Agriculture Project is a collaboration of Israel Embassy, individual States and Central agency. Centres of Excellence are set-up by interested States for a purpose (see link 1) to provide practical help or tech solutions for local farmers. It will demonstrate, duplicate in Indian conditions and certify use. Efforts are made to indigenize Israeli technology.

New Centres of Excellence being set-up
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25 COEs to be set up in 9 states (see map), 18 operational, for different crops, eg. Haryana has five COEs (vegetable, citrus & pomegranate, honey, mango, floriculture). It now wants micro-irrigation projects at 14 sites and a dairy centre - though these are outside IIA framework.

Next round will see more states joining, and exposition of Israeli technologies:
* irrigation, water reclamation, and aquaculture & fisheries
* MOU for joint research: like germ eradication, creating new hybrid seeds and post-harvest technologies including nanotechnology.
* Israeli tech and know how can be modified for local conditions and then taken to other countries.

Deeper engagement between India and Israel
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From Israel's dry weather agriculture, interest has grown for its efficient processes and technologies. The aim is for more income, higher productivity, lower losses or waste, greater success from work done (eg better plantings) and getting more with fewer resources (eg. water conservation).
> desert agriculture (incl new crops), dairy and aquaculture.
> agri-research, post-harvest technologies, water treatment/recycling, micro-irrigation, organic farming, agricultural machinery.

Israeli experts will share their knowledge by:
i) Training trainers (who take over COE management), lectures & COE visits;
ii) Extension services (knowledge is carried from COE to local farmers);
iii) Open days (demos and hands-on exposure).

IIA project see: https://youtu.be/Ta9mg28v9PE
Haryana COEs see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOiKCVGOyfo

Agricultural cooperation between Israel, India continues to blossom