Thursday, January 15, 2015

Thursday, 15 January CAARI PROGRAM 2015 DAY 4
YOTVATAH KKL AGRITECH RESEARCH &  DEVRLOPMENT CENTER FOR THE SOUTHERN ARAVA AKA SARC
We departed close to 7:30 am to get to the R&D Center by 8:30am.
A special presentstion awaited us including food and drink.
Margerie "Gigi" Strom (originally from New Jersey) presentlyliving at Kibbutz Samar, presented a  multimedia presentation on the difficult conditions of the Arava from sutainability of  agriculture. Pictures below show the introdution she gave explaining what they do at this R & D Center


 
After a detailed explanation we went into the fields with Amnon Greenberg
 
 
Amnon demonstates how the new drip irrigation senses that the soil is dry, that the roots need water and activates a feedback and control system that uses a felt cloth as a sensor for dryness and moisture sensors that turn the drippers on and off according to the dryness.  These sensors are  10 inches 25 cm deep in the soil
 
 
Wild Asses control the weed problem between the palms
Below is a field of virus free garlic developed at Yotvatah SARDC
 
 
 
 
 DOLPHIN REEF VISIT
Next stop for Thursday 15 January was the Dolphin Reef there Mark Weiss and Barbara Kuhn received breifing before swimming with the dolphins
 
 
 
 

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