Arid lands, which include the diverse ecosystems of deserts, savannahs and tropical dry forests, are threatened by over-exploitation and desertification.
At BGU’s French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, scientists are enhancing plant tolerance to stress, introducing new sustainable crops, and discovering innovative uses for inherently tolerant dryland plants. They are maximizing the commercial use of microalgae for pharmaceuticals; revolutionizing the fish industry with ecologically sound technologies and techniques for desert fish farms; perfecting desert vineyards; and developing solutions to minimize the adverse impact on the environment from livestock production.
Desert Agriculture & Aquaculture News
see all newsYears of Research May Lead to Desert Truffle Farms
A BGU researcher says cultivating the prized delicacy on a large scale may soon be possible.
Gut Bacteria Could Help Produce Tastier Cow’s Milk
Researchers use machine learning to determine which microbes change cow’s milk and methane production.
In Israel, You Say Tomato, I Say . . . AI?
Researchers use AI to identify how tomatoes and other crops react to different climate conditions.