Eschewing a high-paying job for one advancing farming in poor, arid countries, the noted agricultural expert has been missing since October 7, but family holds on to hope

25-year old Rafi Ryker founds Afrikan, a volunteer organization that utilizes Israeli ingenuity and leadership skills to help locals build a vision and realize it themselves

Alumor, whose designer once headed tech at water purification company Tami4, says its solar-powered device uses just four watts of electricity, costs under half a cent per liter

Country's much-lauded and decades-old overseas development arm faces uncertain future amid budget shortfall, efforts to bring private sector into game

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