Model Farm Fellows
In the Model Farm for Sustainable Agriculture, research scientists from various fields collaborate under the scientific leadership of Dr. Yael Laor.
Altogether, approximately 50 members, most of them researchers from the three campuses of the Agricultural Research Organization (the central campus at the Volcani Center, the northern campus at Newe Ya’ar, and the southern campus at Gilat), and others from the Ministry of Agriculture (Soil Erosion Research Station and the Agroecology Division), Local Research & Development Councils from around the country, colleges, research institutes and universities including the Northern Agriculture Research & Development, MIGAL – Galilee Research Institute, Tel Hai College, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa University, the Technion and Ben Gurion University of the Negev. One of the major challenges of the project being the integration of scientific approaches and activities among the various disciplines.
Soil and Water
Position: Research Scientist at Newe Ya’ar Research Center
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-54-2655969
Email address: shaharb@agri.gov.il
Position: Retiree research scientist at the Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center.
Phone number: 972-50-6220310
Email address: abartal@agri.gov.il
Position: Research scientist at the Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences.
Departmental affiliation: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-3-9683767 | 972-50-6220087
Email address: eddie@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist – watershed sciences, Hydro-geomorphology at the Soil Erosion Research Station.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Conservation and Drainage, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Phone number: 972-50-6241805
Email address: regozi@moag.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at Gilat Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-54-7580414
Email address: ranerel@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at Soil Erosion Research Station.
Departmental affiliation: Soil Erosion Research Station, Soil Conservation Division, Ministry of agriculture and Rural Development.
Phone number: 972-50-6241816
Email address: eshelgil@gmail.com
Position: Research Scientist at Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Departmental affiliation: Environmental Physics and Irrigation, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center.
Phone number: 972-3-9683424
Email address: vwsfried@agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at the Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, and Microbiology, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-3-9683307 | 972-50-6220307
Email address: ergraber@agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist, head of the Model Farm Scientific Committee, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition and Microbiology, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-4-9539539 | 972-50-6220038
Email address: laor@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion.
Departmental affiliation: Environmental , Water and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion
Phone number: 972-50-6220996
Email address: posmanik@technion.ac.il
Position: Research Scientist, ARO Deputy Director for R & D.
Departmental affiliation: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-50-6220136
Email address: uri4@agri.gov.il
Yoram Steinberg B.Sc
Position: Field crops Specialist.
Departmental affiliation: Irrigation.
Phone number: 972-52-3765628
Email address: yorams@mhk.co.il
Plant Science
Position: Research Scientist, head of the Unit of Fruit Trees, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Fruit Tree Sciences, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-55-9816097
Email address: shemer.tamar@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Vegetables and Field Crops, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-55-9816097
Email address: roib@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist, head of the Unit of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants at the Newe Yawar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Unit of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Newe-Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-50-6220010
Email address: nativdud@gmail.com
Position: Retiree Research Scientist, Unit of Fruit Trees, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Fruit Tree Sciences, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-50-6220771
Email address: vhhollan@agri.gov.il
Position: Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Departmental affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Phone numbers: 972-8-9489638 | 972-54-5742122
Email address: zvi.peleg@mail.huji.ac.il
Plant Protection
Position: Retiree Research Scientist, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Plant pathology and weed science, Newe-Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-50-6220016
Email address: ronico@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist, head of Newe Yaar Research Center, head of the Model Farm.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Plant, Pathology and Weed Research, Newe Ya’ar, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-4-9539535
Email address: eizenber@agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-4-9539529 | 972-50-6220403
Email address: ranl@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-54-5934252
Email address: maorm@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at MIGAL Galilee Research Institute.
Departmental affiliation: Agroecology unit, MIGAL Galilee Research Institute.
Department of environmental sciences, Tel Hai Academic College.
Phone numbers: 972-4-6934797 | 972-50-7965272
Email address: lioraamit@bezeqint.net
Agricultural Engineering
Position: Research Scientist at the Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-3-9683581
Email address: liorb@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Sensing, Information and Mechanization Systems, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute
Phone number: 972-50-6220596
Email address: yafitush@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist at MIGAL Galilee Research Institute.
Departmental affiliation: MIGAL Galilee Research Institute.
Phone number: 972-54-6780076
Email address: litaori@telhai.ac.il
Position: Senior Lecturer, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Departmental affiliation: Agro-informatics and Remote – Sensing Laboratory, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Dryland, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus.
Phone number: 972-50-3296632
Email address: tarin@bgu.ac.il
Animal Science
Position: Research Scientist, Beef Cattle Unit, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Ruminant Science, Institute of Animal Sciences,
Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-4-9539523 | 972-50-6220632
Email address: mirico@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist, Precision Livestock Farming Lab, the Institute of agriculture engineering, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Departmental affiliation: Institute of agriculture engineering, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-50-6220112
Email address: halachmi@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research Scientist, head of the Beef Cattle Unit, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Ruminant Science, Institute of Animal Sciences,
Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-4-9539560 | 972-50-6220060
Email address: shabtay@volcani.agri.gov.il
Agroecology
Position: Research scientist, Systems Biology Lab, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Natural Resources, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-4-9539533 | 972-50-6220047
Email address: shiri@agri.gov.il
Dr. Ora Moshe
Position: Research scientist, Soil Conservation Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Departmental affiliation: Soil Erosion Research Station, Soil Conservation Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Phone number: 972-58-4848700
Email address: feliciaorah@gmail.com
Position: Retiree Research scientist, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Dept. of Entomology and Nematology, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-4-9539546 | 972-50-6220111
Email address: palevsky@volcani.agri.gov.il
Position: Research scientist, Agroecology Lab, Newe Ya’ar Research Center.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Natural Resources, Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone number: 972-3-9683925
Email address: asafsa@volcani.agri.gov.il
