Orna Sagiv (Consul General)

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By Orna Sagiv (Consul General) Consulate General
of Israel, Mumbai March 2009
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Israel Area - Approximately 21000
km Population- Around 7.2 million Independence-
14th May 1948   Religions - Judaism, Islam,
Christianity Official Languages- Hebrew,
Arabic Capital- Jerusalem Government- Parliamen
tary Democracy
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Major Economic Indicators GDP 2008              
              170 billion USD GDP per
capita                   28,000 USD  GDP
Growth                       4.1 (5.3 in
2007) Inflation                               3
.8 Unemployment 6 Exports
          61 billion USD Imports
         64 billion USD Foreign
investments          10.3 billion USD(2007)
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Israel
Lebanon
N
Syria
Mediterranean Sea
22,000 Km²
Mountain Range
Tel Aviv
Jordan Valley
Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Jordan
135 km. 90 min.
Negev
470 km. 9 hrs.
Egypt
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Geography
Surface 22,000 Km2 Length 470 Km Width
20-135 Km
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Israels Economic Developments at a Glance
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Israel's Ranking in Global Competitiveness Reports
   Source World Economic Forum Global
Competitiveness Yearbook 2006-2007
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A Brief Economic History 60 Years of Growth
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Current Economic Performance Robust Growth, Low
Inflation
GDP Growth ( per annum)
Inflation rate
Source Central Bureau of Statistics and Ministry
of Finance Projections
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Silicon Miracles from the Holy LandHighlights of
Israels High Tech Sector

• ICT growth since 1990 15 per year
• 4,000 high tech companies, most of them
  start-ups.
• 2nd largest VC market after the US
• Most foreign companies listed at Nasdaq
• Worlds fourth in US patents per capita
• Major innovations ICQ, disk-on-key, Centrino
  chip (Intel), advanced firewalls, GPS software,
  Pill-camera, etc.
• RD/GDP 4.6 (world highest)

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The Ingredients of Israels Silicon Miracle

• Entrepreneurship, Israeli style
• High-quality human capital, technical skills
• Government support for commercial RD.
• Venture Capital, local and US-based
• Very open economy, strong ties with the global
  main players

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India Israel
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• The Indo-Israel bilateral relations
• Official visits by Indian Leaders to Israel
• May 2000 - Home Minister L. K. Advani
• May 2006 Sharad Pawar (Minister of
  Agriculture)
• Official visits by Israeli Leaders to India
• September 2003- Prime Minister Arial Sharon
• December 2006 Eliyahu Yishai (Deputy Prime
  Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade
  Labour)
• March 2007- Shaul Mofaz (Deputy Prime Minister
  and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety)
• Several Economic Agreements (MFN, Avoidance of
  Double Taxation, Bilateral Investment Protection,
  RD, Economic Cooperation Agreement, Demo Farm
  Pusa)
• Economic Relations
• 200 million bilateral trade in 92 to 4
  billion in 2008
• Several Israeli Companies have invested in India
  especially in the sectors like Real Estate,
  Pharmaceuticals, Irrigation
• Indian Companies like Tata Consultancy Services
  and State Bank of India opened offices in Israel

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• Israels Exports to India In 2008
• 2313 millions - Increased by 45

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• Israels Imports From India In 2008
• 1682 millions

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• Areas of Cooperation
• Israel considers India as an important trade
  partner in Asia India as a Destination Market
• Joint RD agreement in the following areas
  Biotech, Nanotech, Space Research, Water
  Management, Alternative renewable energy
• Major industry sectors for economic cooperation
  Telecommunication, Agro-Technology, Medical
  Equipment, Environmental Technologies, Homeland
  Security
• Investments in Real Estate, Shopping malls, IT,
  Pharma

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Agriculture in Israel
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Rainfall
Annual Average (mm) North 720 Mountain
550 South 30
1,000
800
700
500-600
200-400
100-200
lt100
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• Israel has no Ag favorable conditions
• Each given situation holds potential advantages
• The concept to be proactive in finding
• Comprehensive solutions for developing the
  advantages

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• Characteristics of Israeli Agriculture
• Major Constraints Soil, Water, Market
• High Investment in RD (Mostly by ARO)
• Skilled Educated Manpower
• Close Academy-Farmer contacts
• Intensive cultivation and production
• Efficiency 2.4 of Working force
  4.1 of Israels export
• 17.5 of products exported

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Grower
Industry
R D
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• These cooperative efforts have led to
• breakthrough achievements and methods
• in all branches of agriculture and have
• fostered a market oriented agribusiness
• that exports its agrotechnology solutions
• world wide
• Total export of over 2 billion US

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Israeli Agrotech Exports

• Greenhouses
• Dairy Farming
• Poultry Farming
• Aquaculture
• Water Management Irrigation
• Seeds
• Mechanization
• Fertilizers and Pesticides
• Turnkey Projects, Consulting and Know-How

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Greenhouses

• Natural restrictions of soil, water and climate
  led to Israeli-developed greenhouse technologies
  for high added value crops.
• Greenhouse systems, including specialized plastic
  films, and heating, ventilation and structure
  systems, enable Israeli farmers to achieve
  superior results

• Grow more than 3,000,000 roses per hectare per
  season, and an
• Average of 300 tons of tomatoes per hectare per
  season, four times the yields of open fields

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Dairy Farming

• Israeli-developed advanced technologies that have
  revolutionized the industry.

3. Israels dairy exports include frozen semen,
embryos for transplant, heifers, advanced milking
and computerized feeding systems, consulting, and
joint international project development.
2. Average milk production has increased two and
a half times since the 1950s from 3,900 liters
annually to an average of nearly 11,000 liters
per dairy cow.
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Poultry Farming
Israeli-developed innovations improve
production and make poultry farmers work more
efficient

• Breeding - Breeds developed in Israel highly
  disease-resistant, adaptable to extremes of
  climate and heat, and characterized by rapid
  growth rate, high egg production and low-fat
  meat.
• Equipment - automatic egg collector, poultry
  drinking systems anddurable plastic slat
  flooring that contribute to hygienic conditions
  in the henhouse.
• Control Systems - Sophisticated control systems
  maintain desired levels of humidity, heat,
  lighting, feed, ventilation and cooling 24 hours
  a day.

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Aquaculture
Israel employs an intensive form of aquaculture

• Fish farming is carried out in the open sea in
  floating cages, and in man-made reservoirs and
  ponds.
• Due to the lack of fresh water, fish farmers use
  closed water systems for intensive farming. Some
  projects also use reservoir water for irrigation.
• Wide range of ornamental fish and marine plants
  are bred, including coldwater fish, tropical fish
  and water lilies. Exported overseas, especially
  to Europe.

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Water and Irrigation

• Worlds most advanced user of agricultural
  irrigation half of all agricultural land under
  irrigation.
• Pioneer in developing innovative technologies and
  accessories drip irrigation, automatic valves
  and controllers, media and automatic filtration,
  low discharge sprayers and mini- sprinklers,
  compensated drippers and sprinklers.
• Computer-controlled drip irrigation huge water
  savings and enables fertigation.
• Global Reputation more than 80 of production
  exported.

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• Worldwide demand for Israeli seeds and seedlings
• Disease resistant seed varieties developed
• durable in storage and suited to a variety
• of climatic conditions.
• 40 of European tomato greenhouses
• use seeds of Israeli-developed and
• produced tomato hybrid with long shelf life.
• Other Israeli successes
• Seedless Watermelon
• Resistant Squash
• High-Yield Cucumbers
• Saucer-Shaped Yellow Zucchini

Seeds
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Mechanization

• Israel manufactures and exports a
• variety of specialized agricultural
• equipment, including
• Mobile Celery Packing House
• Machinery for Digging Silage and mixing the feed
  uniformly
• Poultry Equipment drinkers, automatic egg
  collectors, climate control systems and scales
  for weighing
• Air-Blast Sprayer for use in citrus growing and
  vineyards which provides an efficient cover of
  the tree.
• Flower Bulb Transplanters.
• Machinery for Packing Houses.

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Fertilizers
Israels southern region, particularly Dead Sea
area, rich in mines providing potassium,
phosphorus and magnesium for the agricultural
sector

• Direct raw material exports
• Local processing and compounding to enhance
  utility,
• effectiveness and environmental safety.
• Remarkable developments include
• Application of fertilizers through drip
  irrigation buried in the ground to ensure that
  less mobile components, such as phosphorous, will
  reach the roots directly.
• Controlled-Release Fertilizers coated in
  polymers to ensure slow, prolonged release and
  delivery via diffusion. Slow release fertilizers
  allow better exploitation of the fertilizer and
  less groundwater pollution.

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Turnkey Projects, Consulting and Know-How
Increasingly, Israeli agrotechnology companies
join forces and supply turnkey projects for both
crop and livestock development programs

• Multiple skills, talents and experiences are
• enlisted to provide integrated solutions that
• embrace
• Soil
• Water Additives
• Plants
• Livestock Varieties, Equipment and Structures

The Results Improved Yields at Lower Cost A
win-win situation in a resource-stressed world
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If its agrotechnology its AGRITECH 09
The place to meet and do business with leading
agricultural experts from around the world. Come
discover the latest innovations in

• Advanced Equipment and Technologies
• Agroindustry Startups
• Cost Saving Production
• Ecological and Environmental Agrotechnologies
• Extension Services
• High-Tech Agricultural Biotechnologies
• Intensive Growing Methods
• International Training and Cooperation
• Research Development

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• Agritech 2006 Facts Figures
• Total net exhibiting space20,000 m²
• Indoor space7,000 m²
• Outdoor space13,000 m²
• Total occupied Exhibiting space30,000 m²
• Indoor space13,000 m²
• Outdoor space17,000 m²
• Total No. of Visitors25,500
• Foreign visitors5,500
• Israeli visitors20,000

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See you at Agritech 2009
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5-7 1000am -1800pm
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