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Israeli water expert featured in Arab press

One of the largest Arab media companies published an AP story about Israel’s Daniel Hillel who was central to the global success of drip irrigation. The article says that nominations for his 2012 World Food Prize award (see here) poured … Continue reading

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Drip drip drip

Israeli scientist Daniel Hillel invented drip irrigation and won the 2012 World Food Prize as reported in June. Here he is interviewed in the Wall Street Journal. He talks about the successful implementation of his invention in countries such as … Continue reading

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World prize to Israel’s inventor of micro-irrigation

Daniel Hillel has won this year’s $250,000 World Food Prize during a ceremony in Washington. Hillel is credited for the development of drip irrigation methods that conserve water while allowing food to be grown in some of the world’s driest … Continue reading

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Clean sweep at World Windsurfing championship

Israeli teenage boys won all the top medals at the RS:X Youth Windsurfing World Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia. Eyal Yohay Zror won Gold, Daniel Basik Tashtash, silver and Reuven (Roy) Hillel, bronze. Naama Greenberg won bronze in the women’s … Continue reading

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