Five-year initiative will focus on water resources, 'climate-smart' agriculture technology; Veep stresses 'unbreakable bond' between countries

Gene editing technology developed by Volcani Center scientists, who say it has potential to stop 'devastating' destruction of 7 billion unwanted male chicks globally each year

Report aims to expose country's strength and potential for tackling desert challenges worldwide

US research firm Startup Genome lists Israeli cities jointly as top location in the Middle East for food technology, trailing only Silicon Valley, New York and London

Plan, which would up imports and pay farmers directly rather than via tariffs, 'risks destroying entire sector,' warns academic as data suggests retail markups may be to blame

Shmita, the divinely commanded halt to agricultural work in the Holy Land every 7th year, starts again in September. What does this mean for religious users of locally grown pot?

With a fifth of world's agricultural land now too salty for cultivation, SaliCrop trials in India, Israel, see treated seeds yield up to 32% more crops than regular ones

Israeli entrepreneur Eylam Ran says shortage of honeybees could plunge agriculture into major crisis, aims to market invention by 2023

Israeli researchers struggle to contain a particularly violent strain of Panama disease, a global threat that is eating its way through one of the country's most profitable crops

Partnership initiatives through the Arava International Center for Agricultural Training give trainees tools to return home and launch farms and businesses in their countries