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Figaro! Figaro! but not as Mozart intended!

By netafim | Categories: Sustainability | on August 23, 2016

Netafim is the forefront of developing a precision-irrigation platform that allows growers and the wider community to benefit from cutting-edge developments in irrigation technology. The FIGARO project is coordinated by Netafim and comprises 17 organizations from eight different countries, including a number of academic and commercial leaders in the field of irrigation and is co-funded by the European Union. The project, which is due to conclude in September this year with its closing event in Israel, has provided magnificent results … Full article click here >>

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The United Nations at the forefront on Sustainable Development

By netafim | Categories: Sustainability | on July 18, 2016

In late June, I was fortunate to attend the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2016 at the UN in New York. This is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative and is a call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals. This event, attended by business and political leaders from around the globe, provided a dynamic stage to globally jump-start business action on the … Full article click here >>

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WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

By netafim | Categories: Sustainability | on June 15, 2016

On this June 17th, we join with the UN in raising awareness and support for continuing efforts around the world to combat desertification, one of the emerging social and environmental issues that critically threatens our sustainable prosperity. This year’s World Day to Combat Desertification advocates for the importance of inclusive cooperation to restore and rehabilitate degraded land and contribute towards achieving the overall Sustainable Development Goals, in particular, Goal 15, Life on Land. The UN Convention to Combat Desertification was … Full article click here >>

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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

By netafim | Categories: Sustainability | on June 5, 2016

Today, all of us at Netafim add our voice in support of the worldwide campaign to increase global awareness and drive action for the protection of the environment. Designated back in 1974 by the United Nations to be recognized annually on June 5, World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated in over 100 countries. More than a million people worldwide take part in WED activities to show their commitment to protecting the future of planet Earth. Each year, a different country … Full article click here >>

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Major Gathering in LA

By netafim | Categories: Irrigation, Sustainability | on May 22, 2016

At the beginning of May, the Milken Institute, which is a not- for -profit think tank, determined to increase global prosperity by advancing collaborative solutions that widen access to capital, create jobs and improve health, held its conference in Los Angeles, California. Covering areas as wide ranging as: Aging; Education; Industry; Media and Developing Markets, and bringing together leaders from Industry, Government, NGO’s and Philanthropy, the conference is held over four very intensive, inspiring, dynamic days. At this year’s conference, … Full article click here >>

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Wastewater is not waste. It’s water: Advancing the SDGs

By netafim | Categories: Irrigation, Sustainability | on February 4, 2016

At Netafim, we are expert in smart irrigation solutions that over many years have saved trillions of liters of water for farmers around the world. Of course, “trillions of liters” is not a precise or scientific count. But if you think that around 100,000 cubic kilometers of water are used for irrigation each year (that’s about 600 times the volume of Lake Tahoe in California), and typically drip irrigation will save between 30 and 60% of water versus other irrigation … Full article click here >>

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Sustainable California with Almonds: Advancing the SDGs

By netafim | Categories: Agriculture, Irrigation, Sustainability | on January 28, 2016

A recent article published in “Food Ingredients 1st”, quotes: “The California Almond Sustainability Program (CASP) shows that more than 70% of almond orchards report using water-saving micro-irrigation systems and more than 80% of growers report using demand-based irrigation in their orchards, which means they monitor weather, soil moisture and the trees themselves to determine exactly when and how much to irrigate, rather than watering on a pre-determined schedule”. In addition, Stacey Humble, Vice President of Global Marketing at the Almond … Full article click here >>

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Boosting the smallholder economy: Advancing the SDGs

By netafim | Categories: Agriculture, Irrigation, Sustainability | on January 14, 2016

At Netafim, many of our efforts to drive mass adoption of drip irrigation include making drip accessible to smallholder farmers. Over the years, as awareness has grown, farmers have overcome their suspicion of new technologies and now understand the benefits of using more advanced systems. However, in many cases, even a very small initial investment is more than smallholder farmers, often living below the poverty line, can afford. Netafim has developed special solutions, such as the Family Drip System™, to … Full article click here >>

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Innovate innovate innovate: Advancing the SDGs

By netafim | Categories: Irrigation, Sustainability | on January 7, 2016

Technological innovation at Netafim helps us stay ahead of the market and provide smart irrigation solutions for our customers around the world. Israeli water engineer Simcha Blass invented the micro-irrigation tube that ultimately became the first innovation of Netafim in the 1960s. From this brilliant but still fairly simple mechanism, we have developed an array of innovative irrigation products, each one addressing different agri challenges and improving the water, energy or yield efficiency of the growing process. For example, in … Full article click here >>

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Leveraging the power of partnerships: Advancing the SDGs

By netafim | Categories: Irrigation, Sustainability | on December 31, 2015

Partnerships to Netafim is like irrigation to corn, cotton and sugarcane. We can’t imagine it any other way. Netafim’s entire history is based on partnerships. From our very beginnings, we have engaged with government and academia, partnered with two Kibbutz companies in Israel and collaborated with other private sector companies all over the world. We have always known that “it takes a village”. One of the most essential partnerships we maintain is with hundreds of dealers who spread the drip … Full article click here >>

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