{"id":40766,"date":"2025-04-09T20:19:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=40766"},"modified":"2025-04-09T20:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:50:16","slug":"india-israel-agriculture-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-04-2025\/india-israel-agriculture-agreement","title":{"rendered":"India-Israel Sign Agreements on Agricultural Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ IR, GS3\/ Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India and Israel signed a <strong>Comprehensive Agriculture Agreement<\/strong> to boost bilateral cooperation in agriculture, food security, and the modernization of farming practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Key Focus Areas:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The agreement explicitly mentions areas like soil and water management, horticultural and agricultural production, post-harvest and processing technology, agriculture mechanisation, animal husbandry, and research and development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centres of Excellence Recogn<\/strong><strong>ition:<\/strong> India praises the 43 Centres of Excellence and highlights their pivotal role in the success of the agricultural projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Five-Year Seed Improvement Plan: <\/strong>The discussion between both nations on a five-year seed improvement plan marks a significant new development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Global Commitments and Future Prospects:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India reaffirmed commitment to <strong>Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (\u201cthe world is one family\u201d) underlining India\u2019s commitment to:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Global agricultural partnerships<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Climate-smart solutions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israeli delegation invited to <strong>World Food India 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India and Israel share a deep-rooted partnership in agriculture, formalized through various Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and Joint Working Groups over the past two decades.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indo-Israel Agricultural Project (IIAP) was launched in 2006 for providing training to farmers, demonstrations of modern farming techniques &amp; opting best practices in horticulture (e.g., drip irrigation, precision farming).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why is Israel a Key Partner for India in Agriculture?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Israel is globally renowned for transforming arid land into green productive zones using:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drip and micro-irrigation systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soil-less agriculture and hydroponics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenhouse and polyhouse technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced agro-automation and remote sensing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These innovations align with India\u2019s goals of:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enhancing water-use efficiency (under PM-Krishi Sinchayee Yojana)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoting sustainable agriculture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting small and marginal farmers (who form over 85% of the farming population)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>India-Israel Bilateral Cooperation<\/strong><br><strong>Historical Ties:<\/strong><br>&#8211; Began during <strong>Sino-India War (1962)<\/strong>; Israel provided India arms support again during <strong>1965 Indo-Pak war<\/strong><br>&#8211; Israel was among the few nations not to condemn India\u2019s <strong>Pokhran-II nuclear tests (1998)<\/strong><br><strong>Economic Relations:<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Trade Volume (2024):<\/strong> Over <strong>$5.65 billion<\/strong> (excluding defence)<br><strong>India is Israel\u2019s 3rd largest trade partner in Asia<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Major trade:<\/strong> Major exported items from India to Israel include Gems and Jewelry (US$ 351.56 million); followed by engineering goods (US$ 241.02 million), and electronic goods (US$ 97.50 million).<br>&#8211; <strong>I4F Fund (Israel-India Industrial R&amp;D and Technological Innovation Fund): <\/strong>Established with a joint contribution of $40 million over five years, I4F supports collaborative R&amp;D projects.\u00a0<br><strong>Defence Cooperation:<\/strong><br>&#8211; Israel is among India\u2019s <strong>top four arms suppliers<\/strong><br>&#8211; India imports:<br>1. <strong>Phalcon AWACS<\/strong>, <strong>Heron\/Searcher drones<\/strong><br>2. <strong>Barak missile systems<\/strong>, <strong>Spyder SAMs<\/strong><br>3. <strong>Precision-guided bombs<\/strong> like <strong>Spice-2000<\/strong>, <strong>Crystal Maze<\/strong><br>&#8211; Defence deals touch <strong>$1 billion\/year<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Recent Developments: <\/strong>In January 2025, the Indian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited for the supply of over <strong>70 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missiles (MRSAM) <\/strong>for the Indian Navy, valued at approximately $400 million.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India and Israel signed a Comprehensive Agriculture Agreement to boost bilateral cooperation in agriculture, food security, and the modernization of farming practices.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The agreement explicitly mentions areas like soil and water management, horticultural and agricultural production, post-harvest and processing technology, agriculture mechanisation, animal husbandry, and research and development.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Centres of Excellence Recognition: India praises the 43 Centres of Excellence and highlights their pivotal role in the success of the agricultural projects.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-04-2025\/india-israel-agriculture-agreement\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40793,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40766\/revisions\/40793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}