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Green Revolution
MASHAV – Introduction
MASHAV
– Israel’s Agency for International Develop-
ment Cooperation is dedicated to providing developing
countries with the best of Israel’s experience in develop-
ment and planning. As a country that transitioned from an
underdeveloped state in the 1950s, to becoming a new
member of the OECD in 2010 we feel that we can share
with others our firsthand experience in development.
We are proud to be one of the oldest international
development agencies in the world. Founded in late
1957, MASHAV is responsible for the design, coordination
and implementation of the State of Israel’s development
cooperation programs. Since its inception, over 275,000
professionals from around the world have participated
in MASHAV’s professional programs. In its programs
and philosophy, MASHAV adheres to the accepted
international principles.
MASHAV’s programs focus on technical assistance and are
closely connected to implementation on the ground. Since
its establishment, MASHAV has promoted the centrality
of the individual, human resource enrichment and
institutional capacity building in the development process
– an approach which has attained global consensus.
MASHAV’s activities focus primarily on areas in which
Israel has a comparative advantage including agriculture
and rural development; dry lands development; water
resources management; micro-enterprise development;
entrepreneurship;
innovation
and
development;
community development; medicine and public health;
empowerment of women and education.
MASHAV’s
agricultural
and
rural
development
programming deals with the introduction of modern
technologies and agro-technical methods designed to
increase the levels, sustainability and quality of agricultural
production to ensure food security. It also
concentrates on introducing effective
support systems to enhance the economic
viability of agriculture in areas such as
marketing, storage and transport, the
supply of agricultural inputs, and upgrading
the work of extension services.
MASHAV’s
approach
to
agricultural
development is based on harnessing
science,
technology
and
extension
adapted to the local needs and approach
of development. Applied research, the
introduction of innovative technologies
and the promotion of agricultural crop
intensification and diversification are key
elements in attaining food security.
Although a modest player in the international assistance
arena, MASHAV provides fast, flexible, hands-on,
pragmatic, original andpractical solutions to development
challenges, thus becoming a significant contributor to
sustainable development.
Israel-India Bilateral Relations
The bilateral relations between Israel and India have
deepened and widened since full diplomatic relations
were established in 1992. The two countries share values,
interests and similar challenges in various spheres from
security to food and energy security. Recently, much
progress had been made on the bilateral level and today
both countries cooperate in various levels and fields such
as political issues, commerce and trade, defence, science
and technology, education, development, culture,
tourism, agriculture, water and other fields. In 2012 Israel
opened its second consulate in Bangalore, in addition
to its Consulate in Mumbai and the Embassy in Delhi.
Thus, making India third in the number of Israeli missions
globally, after the US and China.
At the entrance to the CoE in Mangiana, Haryana
