Southern Arava R&D

Project Profile In-situ lysimeters for optimizing water and nutrient use efficiency   Background: Irrigation is essential for agricultural production in the Southern Arava region where rainfall is inadequate to sustain crop growth. This region features both salinity and scarcity of its water resources along with high potential evapotranspiration (3300 mm·y-1)…

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Southern R&D – The Besor Farm

מו"פ דרום - חוות הבשור

Project Profile Establishment of a Vase Life Evaluation Facility for cut flowers   Background:  The Floriculture branch of intensive agriculture is one of the corner stones of the economic base in the Besor Region of the Western Negev . Despite the uncertain economic situation, growers in the Besor region are…

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Southern Arava R&D and Kibbutz Neot Smadar

Southern Arava R&D and Kibbutz Neot Smadar

Project Profile Testing economical, environmental-friendly alternatives for use of brine water from desalination plants   Background: The decision of the Ministry of health to have only one water system of desalinated water for all domestic uses in the Kibbutzim of the Arava valley, due to health potential hazards, will extend…

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