Israel: Agricultural Research Related to Climate Change

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   IS2021-0014

The Israeli government has come to understand of the threats of climate change and the need to reduce its contribution to global warming. The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOAG) has the mandate to track the impact of agriculture on global warming and develop new measures to cope with the changing climate. The Volcani Center is the research arm of MOAG and performs vast studies and research on different agricultural aspects including global warming.

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