International Seminar on Agriculture, 7-12 June 2014, Israel

Ocean Business, an israeli firm with a wide experience in the agricultural ecosystem and Israeli cleantech, in association with Excem Technologies company belonging to Excem Group, with an extensive knowledge of international business, are jointly organizing the International Seminar and professional tour on Agriculture Technological Innovations INNOVAGRO, to be held in Israel from 7 to 12 June 2014 in the frame of the Agromashov exhibition.
Innovagro will last for five days, and includes a seminar with recognized speakers, business meetings, field trips , visits to companies, projects and research centers and a visit to the agriculture expo Agromashov, one of the largest exhibitions and agricultural expos in Israel. Additionally, tourism visits to the iconic holy sites will be organized.
Innovagro has as its main goal to learn and find synergies between the innovation ecosystem in Israel, the agriculture sector and you.
Innovagro is particularly attractive for:
Business people working on agricultural sector; they have specific needs in terms of technological solutions for large projects, and would like to meet new Israeli technologies which could be incorporated into concrete projects.
Besides, for those businessmen who are interested in promoting, distributing and integrating Agritech solutions from Israel, and who are interested in finding financing for large projects in the region.

Why come to Israel at this time
In its brief 65 years of existence as a State, Israel has dedicated efforts to science and technology research, which translates to the notorious contributions made by the country to science in fields such as Genetics, Computer Science, Electronics, Optics and other high-tech industries.
Considering that Israel is a very small country, it ranks third worldwide in expenditure for research and development, the eighth place in technological preparation (according to the expenditure of its companies in I+D, the creativity of its scientific community, the number of personal computers and the Internet penetration rate), the eleventh place in innovations, the 16th rank in exports of high-tech and the seventeenth in technological achievements according to the «Nation Master» list (related to countries by economic standards).
Israel is the country with the highest number of scientific publications per head: 109 per 10,000 people and is one of the countries with more registered patents.
The Israeli agriculture is well-known worldwide and many of its inventions are at the forefront of global innovation. Based on a deserted land with little natural resources and water, Israel had to overcome these restrictions by creating advanced agricultural technologies, including drip irrigation, water recycling and reuse systems, optimization of crops, new varieties of highly productive seeds, improvements in the cultivation systems, dairy high performance, etc.
In the mid-1990’s, Israeli research institutes developed the Cherry tomato, which enjoys international success and sold to the length and breadth of the world. The Galia melons were developed in Israel in the Vulcani Institute, and became leaders in Europe.
The Israeli market for spices is between 60 and 70 per cent of the spice in Europe market. In flowers, Israel sold special variants of Narcissus and «Boton de Oro» (Melampodium divaricatum) throughout Europe.
Israel developed species of edible grapes that produce abundant harvest. Israel developed techniques and special varieties of fruit that grow out of their station and which are sold all over the world, such as: strawberries, persimmons and raspberries. Recent discoveries have been made in biofuels.
Innovagro Seminar will allow you to learn first-hand these and other discoveries and attend to meetings with companies and organizations that give funds for projects. You will even know the most important tourist sites in Israel. Innovagro 2014 will give you also a chance to visit the Agromashov Expo, one of the largest exhibitions and agricultural expos in Israel
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