The Jewish National Fund proved at Johannesburg that it has a lot to contribute to the cause of sustainable development. The Jewish National Fund shared its extensive knowledge in practicing sustainable development, creating forests, fighting desertification and conserving water at …
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Israeli college students fortify troubled towns by moving in
In return for free tuition and low rent, members of Ayalim student villages volunteer their time to transform Negev and Galilee communities.
Israeli women bringing vision and hope to impoverished village
Chembe fishing village is surrounded by maize fields and marshes on the shores of Lake Malawi.If the Israeli delegation to the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development at the end of August wanted a creative rejoinder to Israel’s detractors, it …
New York economic planners seeking Israeli companies
New York State exports more than $2 billion to Israel annually, a figure that is growing by 10 to 20 percent a year. New York State is pursuing Israeli high-tech companies that might be interested in locating operations there through …
Israelis helping to perfect fish farming in the desert
Researchers have found that raising fish using water from underground desert springs has advantages besides saving water.A decade ago, the idea of raising fish in the desert might have been ridiculed, but 10 years of successful aquaculture in Israel showed …
Orna Berry – charting a course for Israeli business
Israel’s high-technology sector grew from 5 to 15 percent of GDP in the 90s.Israeli companies should mimic the best of the large U.S. multinational companies in diversifying their products and services in order to insulate themselves from downturns and expand …
Israel-developed technique could diminish hunger in Africa
A Weizmann-developed method imbeds herbicide in resistant corn seed to kill witchweed before it can sprout above ground. A scientist from Israel’s Weizmann Institute has zeroed in on a novel way of applying herbicide to kill witchweed, a scourge that …
U.S. doctors to get training in Israel on coping with terror
A delegation from New York will tour the emergency facility and confer with doctors at Soroka Medical Center in Israel. With threats of terrorism attacks in the United States continuing and with the scars of Sept. 11 as a constant …
Israeli team battling rural poverty in Brazil
Families who leave rural areas of Brazil often end up unemployed and living in the slum areas of the nation’s cities.A group of researchers from Ben-Gurion University’s School of Management in Beersheva, Israel, is helping the Brazilian state of Ceara …
Development foundation bringing Canadian, Israeli firms together
CIIRDF headquarters is in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, to spur Canadian companies to “think globally.”The United States comes to mind immediately when Israelis think about business partnerships and exports, but Canada is also gaining its share of trade with Israel, thanks …
Israeli exporters maintaining commitments to U.S. customers
More than half of Israeli companies surveyed say they have maintained their previous levels of exports during the conflict.Despite news of suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism in Israel and the distressed economy, more than half of Israeli exporters …