Radio J. France-Israel. Lyon Agricultural Technology Symposium. “Creating a space for exchange between French and Israeli agricultural stakeholders”.

The “Agritech” meetings were held in the heart of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes headquarters in Lyon.

Organized by the Franco-Israeli Chamber of Commerce, this symposium brings together companies from the Rhône-Alpes region and their Israeli counterparts to discuss topics such as food security, Water managementAnd artificial intelligence and discuss the latest innovations in the field of agriculture.

A conference dedicated to the challenges of agro-ecological transformation.

The symposium began with a conference dedicated to the challenges of agro-ecological transition. This opening session highlighted the interventions of the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and its Israeli counterpart, the Volcani Institute.

Volcani Institute.

The Volcani Research Center of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is very innovative. It aims to “improve existing agricultural production systems by introducing new products, processes and equipment.”

According to EducPros. “Black chickpeas, bright red-skinned tangerines, and GPS for dairy cows: these are three recent discoveries, straight from the imagination of researchers at the Volcani Center.

Beit Dagan has not lost its reputation as a mecca for Israeli agricultural innovation.

The campus is located about twenty kilometers south of Tel Aviv, and includes six institutes, where approximately 800 researchers, engineers, students and technical assistants mingle, without suits or ties.

There are offices, laboratories and stables, but also a “gene bank”, which carefully guards some 186 species of endangered wild plants out of a total of 400 local varieties…

The centre, which is under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, encourages its researchers to raise money to finance their work. In 1999, the Kidum unit was established to take responsibility for the commercial development of Volcani projects. To its credit: 180 patent families, in addition to 400 commercial agreements signed with institutional partners in Israel and abroad.

Representatives of French and Israeli companies also spoke, stressing the importance of international cooperation to confront global agricultural challenges.

“The aim of this symposium is to create a space for dialogue and exchange between stakeholders in French and Israeli agriculture,” explains Richard Benetah, from the Franco-Israeli Chamber of Commerce.

“We want to promote technological innovations and best practices in agriculture that can help ensure sustainable and efficient food production.”