Israel President Reuven Rivlin on Friday visited the Indo-Israel Centre of Excellence for Vegetables, Gharaunda in Karnal to review the progress of the projects in the State.
Rivlin while interacting with mediapersons at CoE in in Karnal said Haryana has become a pioneer State by adopting technique of Israel in the areas of agriculture and horticulture and has the capability to guide such techniques to other States. He appreciated the development taken place in horticulture sector in the state and added that like Israel, horticulture technology has flourished in Haryana.
While congratulating the State Government and its farmers for implementation of the Indo-Israel project, he said that Haryana State is moving ahead by adopting modern technology of Israel. Farmers of Haryana had adopted this technology on a large scale and a massive change is visible, he said.
Rivlin said India and Israel are jointly working for the promotion of horticulture, irrigation, agriculture, trade and culture. Both the countries have cordial relations and are moving ahead not only at Government level but the people of both countries also understand each other well in the areas of business and other sectors. Other countries should also work to adopt high-tech and modern technology, he added.
India and Israel had signed agreements for agriculture partnership in 2006 under which Israel has been sharing its best practices and knowledge through professional training programmes.
He also visited Hi-tech Green House where he had got information about seed production through Indo-Israel technology. The President and his wife Nechama Rivlin also planted a sapling on this occasion.
Speaking on this occasion, Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar said that Israel is one of the leading countries in farming. Haryana has adopted Israeli system under which five different centres of excellence have been established in the state including the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for vegetable at Gharaunda, CoE for Fruits at ladwa, CoE for bee-keeping at Ramnagar, CoE for Fruits at village Mangiana, Sirsa and CoE for Dairy Farming at Hisar.