Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday inaugurated three centres of excellence (COEs) in the State to take forward Israeli technologies in the field of horticulture under the Indo-Israel Agricultural Project.
According to the official statement, Karnataka would use Israeli technologies to increase horticulture production, under the Indo-Israel agriculture project, in the southern state. "The three CoEs in the state are part of 29 such centres in operation in 12 states across the country to use advanced Israeli agro-technology tailored to local conditions," the official statement read.
The project is being implemented under the government-to-government (G2G) cooperation between the Agriculture Ministry's mission for integrated development of horticulture division and Israel's agency for international development cooperation.
"The CoEs will demonstrate best practices and train the growers to choose and adopt the technology that suits them to boost output and double income," said the official.
"The centre will define canopy management guidelines to rejuvenate old trees and plant new young orchards. It will also implement drip-irrigation and fertigation systems for optimal water use," said the official.
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