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Dairy farmers from India to Italy travel to Israeli kibbutzim to learn how to increase their milk yields. They hear that happy cows give a lot of milk and discover how to make their cows happy, from Israel’s Afimilk (Kibbutz Afikim), Netanya’s SCR Dairy and Akol (Kibbutz Bror Hayil).

IBA News goes behind the scenes at the Sorek desalination plant, which produces 20% of Israel’s domestic water.

The most destructive and costly disease threatening worldwide banana production is Black Sigatoka.  Timorex Gold® non-chemical fungicide from Israeli-managed Stockton Group controls this disease, plus many others.  The eco-friendly fungicide is based on the Melaleuca alternifolia plant extract.

I’ve reported previously on Israel’s LiveU that provided video streaming tech for the Olympics, World Cup soccer, UK elections etc. Now LiveU has developed Solo - a wireless product that allows content providers to broadcast high-quality live video directly to Facebook Live.

Israel’s FieldIn won second prize for startups at the International AgriVest Conference held at the Weizmann Institute of Science, for its technology that increases the efficiency of growing crops by reducing overall use of pesticides and eliminating spray mistakes..

ForeScout, Sisense, WalkMe and SMS Assist are the Israeli representatives on the first-ever Forbes 2016 Cloud 100 - the ultimate list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. Companies are recognized by customers and peers for financial growth and excellence.

A delegation of Israeli start-ups developing technologies to assist people with disabilities are showing their products and services in Sydney Australia. They include Paratrek, Sesame Enable, NiNiSpeech and yooocan. (I reported and previously)  

From California to Africa, there is a global water shortage. Israel - one tiny country in the middle of a desert, has found remarkable solutions. Can its success be replicated?  Businessman and New York Times bestselling author Seth Siegel explains.  

Tel Aviv municipality has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Kenya to collaborate on the $14.5 billion development of Konza - a new “techno city” in south-eastern Kenya. Kenyans will train at three Tel Aviv Global initiatives.

While global honeybee populations have declined, Israeli bees are holding steady.  Reasons include Israeli research into Colony Collapse Disorder, boosting bee immune systems, developing nectar-rich plants, Israeli Honey Board support for beekeepers, eradicating Varroa mites and planting 100,000 seedlings to give bees a varied diet.