Tag: drought

“This is the first time that a gene has been found that confers resistance to drought conditions in bread wheat.”

The Water Authority's recent models for the autumn indicate a chance of yet another drought year.

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon signed the approval on Wednesday.

“Joint teams from Israel and one of the neighboring countries are de-seeding the clouds entering Iran."

The plan will include the expansion of pipelines for use in agriculture, and is intended to help Israel to rehabilitate dried-up rivers.

"The government is trying to find water in other places. But the quality of the water will be very poor. So for now, the vegetables are fine, but the earth is losing its minerals and soil structure."

“We are praying for rain, but we must prepare for more drought.”

A new infrastructure project will pump water back into the Kinneret, saving the Sea of Galilee and the Galil.

In Tiberias, the central bus station was flooded by the deluge.

BDS tactics prevent Israel from helping "solve the drought, leverage alternative energy, discover new cures, and protect technical infrastructure with cyber security."

Israeli farmers upriver from the Kinneret have been refused an increase of 11 billion gallons annually, precisely the amount Jordan continues to siphon from the lake for its own agriculture.

Most baseball fans have heard of Merkle's Boner, but how many actually know when or how it happened?

Lake Kinneret is a little ‘under the weather’ these days, according to Israel's Water Authority.

Let’s see what the Boycott Israel movement will say if Israel succeeds in developing new technology to reduce famine by enabling crops to grow in droughts. Maybe it will blame Israel for lower food prices.

People are complaining about floods and traffic and the cold and through it all, there is this amazing joy.

We're now entering the period when we begin to pray for rain. Lack of rain was often an excuse to persecute the Jews, specifically those living in Jerusalem. There are quite a few examples from our history of this rain libel, which was very often linked to the 'sin' of drinking wine.

The hands in the photograph belong to President Barack Obama, who's holding a few ears of corn during his tour of the McIntosh family...

In the days of Shmuel Hakatan a terrible drought held the land in its deadly grip. The wheat withered in the field and the grass dried and died. Day after day, the skies remained leaden and no clouds appeared to bring rain and salvation to the parched land.

A slew of new Israeli innovations are set to make life more convenient – and more viable – all over the world.