Agriculture

New report shows many migrant workers lacked access to shelter during Operation Roaring Lion

Local support appeared to matter. Some 69% of all respondents said they had a person or organization to turn to in an emergency, but the level varied significantly between groups.

Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel
Fatal blow to the Israeli mango industry

Mango season opens with a 70% collapse in yield – and prices will soar

Thai ambassador to Israel, Boonyarit Vichienpuntu, in front of the elephants at Jerusalem’s Tisch Family Zoological Gardens. June 4, 2026.

Elephant diplomacy: Ambassador marks mark 72 years of Thai-Israeli relations with zoo visit

BloomX's YAHAV 2400 avocado pollination system

BloomX: Stepping up to save the crops


Moroccan locust swarms sweep eastern Iran, threatening crops and farms

Eastern Iran faces an agricultural crisis as Moroccan locusts descend, destroying crops and pasture while authorities race to contain the swarms.

 Group of locusts

Start-Up Ethiopia: Addis Ababa takes a page from Israel's innovation playbook

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Ethiopia is looking to Israel’s Start-Up Nation model as it builds its own AI sector and strengthens technological cooperation.

‘ANCIENT CONNECTIONS’: A view toward Jerusalem’s Old City during Sigd celebrations emphasizes the centuries-old ties between Ethiopia and the Jewish state – ties now expanding into diplomacy, technology, and regional cooperation.

Can fungus farming make tomatoes taste better? Israeli researchers say yes

Israeli researchers show a fungal extract can boost crop yields, improve taste, and reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers.

NEGEV DESERT - APRIL 06 2011:Israeli farmers desert farming planting vines in a desert farm in the Negev, Israel. Israel is a world-leader in agricultural technologies despite its dry climate

Reviving Tel Hai: Yair Belachovsky’s mission to preserve a defining legacy

"Through my activities with Israel Revival, I want to advance the idea that the story of Tel Hai, with its lessons of unity and serving the greater good, becomes the basis for the revival of Israel.”

Yair Belachovsky speaks at a state memorial ceremony for Joseph Trumpeldor and the defenders of Tel Hai in 2025

The development that makes it possible to maintain the health of edible fish

Ahead of Shavuot, the demand for quality fish is steadily increasing, and a new Israeli development allows breeders to significantly improve the health monitoring of edible fish.

Nitzan Gerzi from the SeaNovation innovation center in Eilat

Ukraine secures drone deals with nearly 20 countries, Zelensky announces

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy announces four signed drone agreements with 20 countries, marking a key milestone in Ukraine's global defense diplomacy.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media as he arrives to attend an informal European leaders' summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, April 23, 2026; illustrative.

Statue of Theodor Herzl vandalized in central Israel days before Independence Day

According to findings at the scene, the vandals sawed off the bronze legs of Herzl's statue, which stands about seven meters tall, in an attempt to topple it.

Herzl statue at Mikveh Israel before it was vandalized.

Hormuz closure cripples fertilizer trade, causing ripple effect on food security - analysis

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted global fertilizer supplies, leading to a 20-30% price increase and threatening food security worldwide.

A farmer sprinkles fertiliser on crops in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 9, 2026.

Caught in the crossfire: The American highschoolers who stayed behind to help amid the Iran war

Nadav, along with roughly 60 other teens on the trip, decided to stay in Israel during the war, joining agricultural nonprofit Hiburim B’Haklau to aid farmers affected by the war.

ISRAELIS TAKE cover in a public shelter in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, March 1, 2026.

Odd ‘tentacled’ shape on ISS alarms viewers

The photo prompted a rush of reactions from social media users.

A tentacled look in space.