Category Archives: Irrigation
Global Compact CEO Water Mandate in Mumbai, India
From March 5-7, I attended the Conference on Corporate Water Stewardship of the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate conference in Mumbai, India. The sessions in this multi-stakeholder conference focused on a wide range of water-related challenges facing India and the world in general, as well as the spectrum of actions that companies are taking in India and elsewhere to mitigate water risk and support more sustainable water management. Randhir Chauhan Presents Netafim India’s Success Stories in Drip Irrigation Achieving … Full article click here >>
German Minister Dirk Niebel Visits Netafim
We were honored to host Dirk Niebel, the German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, at the Netafim plant in Kibbutz Hatzerim, soon after he landed in Israel. Netafim representatives present at the meeting included Igal Aisenberg, President and CEO of Netafim, Ervin Leibovici, VP for EMEA, Alon Shimoni, Managing Director of Netafim Germany, and me. Visit Begins at Drip Irrigated Jojoba Fields Minister Niebel and his entourage started their visit in our 400-hectare beautiful jojoba fields in Hatzerim, … Full article click here >>
Netafim Legacy website
Netafim recently launched a new website that I’m proud and privileged to tell you about. The Netafim Legacy website showcases the evolving story of Netafim and drip irrigation the “Netafim way.” The site is a creative and experiential platform with a little bit of everything – historical and anecdotal information, videos, graphic materials, and interviews with our founders. I was fortunate enough to be involved with the team that developed the site’s content, and Netafim Legacy has a particularly special … Full article click here >>
Taking sustainability to the next level by reusing wastewater for irrigation
I always talk about how drip irrigation uses less water to grow more, but this is only one side of the story. Since agriculture uses 70% of the world’s available fresh water, in order to enhance sustainability even further, we need to not only use less water for irrigation, but reuse the water that was already used – irrigation with recycled wastewater. Challenges of wastewater recycling Wastewater has been recognized as being effective for irrigation. Of course it has to … Full article click here >>
Netafim™ Shares Ideas on How to Attract Private Investors to Agricultural Markets
Recently I attended the” Cracking the Nut 2012″ conference in Washington DC. This leading global event focuses on how to attract investors from the private sector to invest in rural and agricultural markets. Attracting private investors has become a pressing issue, as according to the FAO, $180 billion in gross agricultural investments is needed in developing countries to halve the number of undernourished people by 2015. From experience, it is estimated that 75 percent of this amount will have to … Full article click here >>
Rio+20 Participants Renew Their Commitment to a Promising Future
Igal Aisenberg, the CEO at Netafim, and I recently returned from the amazing Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized this conference as a follow-up to the historic UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) that took place 20 years ago. Rio+20 is considered a top-level high-profile conference. Thousands of world leaders, heads of state, government representatives, NGOs, and participants from the private sector and … Full article click here >>
Catarina de Albuquerque Launches Book on Good Practices towards Realizing the Rights of Human Beings to Water and Sanitation
At the sixth World Water Forum in March 2012, at the Portuguese pavilion, I attended the festive launching of a new book written by United Nations Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque. Her book, “On the Right Track”, gives a detailed description of good practices in realizing the rights of all human beings to water and sanitation. Good Practices in Book Result from Years of Research and Consultations In 2008, Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque was mandated by the Human Rights Council … Full article click here >>
Netafim Booth Attracts a High Level of Interest at Agritech 2012
As I return from Agritech 2012, I wanted to share how proud I am of Netafim’s participation during the event. Our booth was a great success. Our ultra-large-screen movie presentation – “The Evolving Story of Netafim and Drip Irrigation” – and “future wall” of innovations were a big hit among customers and random passersby alike. Our meeting rooms were buzzing with activity from morning till night. Over 900 customers, government officials and guests toured our three Israeli manufacturing sites during … Full article click here >>
Thoughts about Agritech 2012
Agritech 2012 is just around the corner and I am very excited about this year’s event. So I thought it would be a great opportunity to look back at Netafim’s participation and what we have achieved throughout the years. About Agritech The Agritech Exhibition, held once every three years, is one of the leading international events of its kind to showcase Israeli and international agriculture technologies. It traditionally attracts many Ministers of Agriculture, decision-makers, experts, agricultural associations, and thousands … Full article click here >>
Dripper Clogging Problems? Not with Netafim
I recently came across this discussion about drip irrigation among a group of growers at the Russell Ranch Field Day. While all the growers expressed their satisfaction with the benefits provided by drip irrigation, such as higher yields and efficient use of water resources, some of them raised concerns regarding dripper clogging problems. Now, I am certain that in this case they were not using Netafim’s products, because at Netafim we addressed the clogging issue problems more than 35 years … Full article click here >>
