New Delhi, June 16 -- Taking forward the ever-growing partnership in agriculture between Israel and India, three Indo- Israel Centres of Excellence (CoE) were inaugurated in Karnataka today by Ambassador of Israel in India, Dr. Ron Malka, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India and Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka.

These CoEs are a part of the Indo- Israel Agricultural Project and were inaugurated at Bagalkot, Kolar and Dharwad. A CoE is an advanced & intensive agricultural farm that generates knowledge, demonstrates best practices and trains farmers based on Israeli novel agro-technology tailored to the local conditions. The newly inaugurated CoEs will help farmers in Karnataka choose the technology that su...