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Vibrant Israel - Agriculture |
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VIBRANT ISRAEL | |
| ZIONISM | ARCHEOLOGY | HERITAGE | JERUSALEM | LAND | RELIGION | SURVIVAL | HEBREW | ARCHITECTURE | AGRICULTURE | SCIENCE | EDUCATION | ARTS | TOURISM | LEISURE | ALIYA | FACES | PEACE |
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| Israel's agriculture is the outcome of a long struggle against harsh, adverse conditions and of making maximum use of scarce water and arable land.
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When Jews began resettling their ancient homeland in the late 19th century, their first efforts were directed towards turning barren land into fertile fields. Since Israel attained independence (1948), the total area under cultivation has increased by a factor of 2.6 to approximately 1.1 million acres, and irrigated land has increased by a factor of 8 to about 0.6 million acres. Today Israel meets most of its food needs through domestic production, supplemented by imports, mainly of grain, oilseeds, meat, coffee, cocoa and sugar, which are more than financed by agricultural exports. Much of Israel's agriculture is organized on cooperative principles which evolved in the first decades of the 20th century (kibbutz and moshav). Israel's agricultural successes have been achieved largely thanks to the application of sophisticated technology and scientific methods.
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