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Itamar Ben-Gvir threatens to topple Israeli government over emerging hosta
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a bid to address a wartime manpower shortage in Israel's agricultural sector, farmers will be allowed to increase their cultivation areas without being hindered by labour constraints, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
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Israeli farmers get green light to expand cultivation areas
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Farmers expanding their cultivation areas can now correspondingly augment the number of foreign workers they employ, which the ministry said will empower farmers to grow and produce "according to their ability and desire and not according to the necessity of the resource of working hands."
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Israel instructs Northern farmers to be prepared for expansion of war
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Israel's Ministry of Agriculture is making preparations for a possible expansion of the war to the northern part of the country, something that could happen at any time as the terrorist group Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon, continues to launch rockets indiscriminately into Israeli terr
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Israel approves duty-free import of 30 million eggs to offset wartime shor
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Ministry of Agriculture approved an increase in the import quota by 30 million eggs with exemption from customs duties.
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Israel to see shortages of some vegetables due to war
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A shortage of onions and tomatoes, however, is expected, but the ministry said this will be made up by imports.
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Despite plentiful grain harvest, China suffers food security challenge as
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite China's record high grain output this year, experts emphasised that the country's food self-sufficiency rate is decreasing as it heavily relies on imports, as reported by Voice of America (VOA).
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Soldiers mobilise to battle Israeli agriculture's 'Greatest manpower crisi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Agricultural work is a pillar in the spirit of Zionism based on the rootedness of the State of Israel. Special thanks to the Education Corps (of the Israel Defence Forces), without whose assistance and involvement the move would not have come to fruition," said Oren Lavi, Director General o
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Israel takes steps to replace grain production lost due to war in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In order to prevent grain shortages and to restore Israel's agriculture, Israel's Ministry of Agriculture allocated 9 million Shekels (USD 2.5 million) for sowing and harvesting wheat for silage and hay intended for non-living food (fodder).
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Volunteers give first aid to Israeli agriculture in war time
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Many farms are located in evacuated areas near the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese border. Around three-quarters of Israel's vegetables were grown in the farms in Kibbutzim and Moshavim devastated by Hamas terrorists on October 7.
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Israel recruiting military prep students for agriculture work
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Israel's Ministry of Agriculture has arranged for students from pre-military preparatory schools to work in agricultural work for extended periods of time in order to help with the manpower crisis that has arisen due to the war in Gaza.
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Indian mango exports reach new heights, surging 19 per cent to USA in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Efforts of the Indian agricultural sector, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and APEDA, have resulted in a substantial growth in mango exports during the first five months of the current fiscal year, according to a press release issued by Ministry of Comme
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Israel evacuates protected animals from endangered areas
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Dozens of protected wild animals were evacuated from the animal corner in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, located near the border with Lebanon in the north of Israel - by teams from the Nature and Parks Authority, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the Ministry of Agriculture under military
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