AgBlog

During the recent 2019 harvest, Netafim set out to investigate the use of current harvesting machinery in orchards with multiple on-ground driplines. The results are promising and indicate that machinery and driplines may be compatible after all.

EAT LOCAL, FRESH SEASONAL FOOD. Did you know that our food has many environmental impacts – from where it is grown to how far it travels before it reaches you.

Agriculture, a major contributor in today’s global economy, is responsible for approximately 998 million tonnes of agricultural waste produced in a year worldwide. This number, largely disregarded and ignored, has seen a recent shift towards sustainable development and efficient waste management as it has become a major concern for all stakeholders.

Rice is, by far, the most important food crop in the developing world, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Not fruits or vegetables, or wheat, or meat. Rice. Rich in nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, and dense in dietary fiber, rice is inexpensive to buy, easy to prepare and filling. As such, it is an important contributor to food security in some of the poorest, hungriest countries.

Somewhere in the food bowl of India, a middle-aged farmer is kick-starting his day by tilling his land. In Indonesia, a farmer and his wife are watering their rice-fields in the distant farmlands. All over the world, the farming scenes are portrayed by that common picture – small-scale farmers are the agricultural backbone of the teeming population.

The medical cannabis industry is only in its infancy stage and there are many theories and methods around on how to best cultivate it at scale. Here's how you can adopt the best practices from the agritech industry

Today, soil-based agriculture faces a lot of challenges – land and water scarcity, climate change, rising costs of agribusiness (e.g. fertilizers, fuel, pesticides), soil depletion, and degradation from over-farming. These challenges have led to the invention of soilless agriculture or hydroponics, which is a method of growing crops without the use of soil.

An interview with Naty Barak, Chief Sustainability officer at Netafim

It’s just over a year now since we as individual companies found ourselves in a room preparing to embark on a journey. We came together as partners, as an alliance to launch Better Life Farming – and what a journey it has been so far.

Today, blueberries are recognized worldwide as one of the foremost superfoods packed with nutrients and antioxidants. This has led to a rising demand for premium-quality blueberries. If you are thinking of adding blueberries to your commercial crops, you should consider growing them in a protected environment to get faster ROI.

I sat down to talk with Lior Peleg who heads corporate marketing at Netafim. Lior had some very insightful things things to say about the exciting future of Agtech. Great Stuff!

Rice is a major staple food crop in the developing world, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region and the way it is grown has significant impact on Global warming. This poses a double challenge of increasing production to feed the growing population on one hand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the other hand.