A three-year joint programme (2018-20) has already commenced, under which the Centers of Excellence (COEs) are being set up across the country to train farmers about Israeli farm and water technologies.

As many as 28 such centers are being set up under the programme. One new center at Bhuj, Gujarat, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu during his ongoing visit.

The two countries exchanged views on scaling up the COEs which have been a main-stay of agricultural cooperation by bringing in advanced Israeli practices and technology, Modi added.

Netanyahu shared idea of revolutionizing Indian farm sector with use of Israeli water efficiency improving technology.

“Some plants need more water, some less. We can see it today with big data, with drones, with other instruments of technology to make farmers produce much more crops. More crops with less,” he added.

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