Soil and Water Science
Position: Senior Scientist at Soil Erosion Research Station.
Departmental affiliation: Soil Erosion Research Station, Soil Conservation Division, Ministry of agriculture and Rural Development.
Phone numbers: 972-50-6241816
Email address: eshelgil@gmail.com
A personal note:
Conservation agriculture is an agricultural practice promoted worldwide as it ensures the preservation of productivity and food security coupled with reduction in the negative impacts of agriculture on soil health and the environment.
This practice includes three main principles: minimum soil disturbance, maximum soil cover, and crop rotation.
Due to the excessive demand for plant biomass in Israel for animal feeding, the promotion of continuous soil mulching with plants and plants residue in filed crops is a major challenge.
In the model farm, we will test and examine the benefits of maintaining the conservation agriculture approach in Israel.
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Field Crops
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 numbers: 972-3-9559949 | 972-50-6241805
Email address: regozi@moag.gov.il
A personal note:
I am a hydro-geomorphologist serving as a researcher at the Soil Erosion Research Station, the R&D unit of the Department of Soil Conservation and Drainage. I study earth surface processes and their interactions with anthropogenic controls to advance our knowledge and applications in the following areas: 1. Soil conservation and sustainable agriculture; 2. Sustainable integrated watershed management; 3. Natural Flood Management (NFM) & Nature-Based Solution (NBS); 4. Process-based restorations, planning, and policy of agriculture streams. I led an extensive effort to restore the Nahalal Stream – an agriculture catchment part of the model farm for sustainable agriculture. A unique mega-project where we aim to modify a highly intensified agriculture system to meet the sustainable development goals initiative by integrating and developing multidisciplinary experimental scientific knowledge.
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Nahalal Stream
Position: Research Scientist, Newe Ya’ar Research Center
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-54-2655969
Email address: shaharb@agri.gov.il
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Field Crops
Position: Senior Research Scientist, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Departmental affiliation: Environmental Physics and Irrigation, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center.
Phone numbers: 972-3-9683424
Email address: vwsfried@agri.gov.il
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Field Crops
Position: Research Scientist, Gilat Research Center
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-54-7580414
Email address: ranerel@volcani.agri.gov.il
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Field Crops
Position: Researcher.
Departmental affiliation: Department of Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, and Microbiology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center.
Phone numbers: 972-3-9683310 | 972-50-6220310
Email address: abartal@agri.gov.il
A personal note:
The model farm in Newe Ya’ar is a platform to examine,
demonstrate and apply in a farm scale the knowledge and ideas of myself and my research partners obtained in our research of soil processes and plant nutrition.
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Field Crops
Position: Senior Research Scientist and ARO, Deputy Director for R & D.
Departmental affiliation: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute.
Phone numbers: 972-8-9928649 | 972-50-6220136
Email address: uri4@agri.gov.il
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Field Crops
Jonathan Abrahams M.Sc
Position: Soil Conservation Planner.
Departmental affiliation: Soil Conservation and Drainage Unit, Ministry of agriculture and Rural Development.
Phone numbers: 972-50-6241191
Email address: Yonatana@moag.gov.il
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Field Crops
Yoram Steinberg B.Sc
Position: Field crops Specialist.
Departmental affiliation: Irrigation.
Phone numbers: 972-52-3765628
Email address: yorams@mhk.co.il
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Field Crops
