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Israeli President Isaac Herzog will open the 30th edition of GoforIsrael in Tel Aviv, which will host 1,000 participants, including investors, entrepreneurs and corporate heads from Europe,
Despite its impact on half of the planet’s population, femtech is sorely lacking in investor interest, stunting the growth of a sector which could change the lives of billions of women.
Scientists in Israel are growing date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds.
Dr. Elaine Solowey, director of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture of the Arava Institute, and Dr. Sarah Sallon, director of the Louis L. Borick Natural Medicine Research Center of Hadassah Hospital, harvested 111 ancient Judean dates from 2,000-year-old seeds. The ground-breaking agriculture techniques to make the seemingly botanically impossible feat possible grabbed global headlines in 2020.
Dates from the date-palm tree Hannah. Photo: Debbie Eisner
Israelis eat the most chicken per person in the world.
Israelis eat a whopping 64-kilograms (141 pounds) of poultry per person, the highest per capita consumption in the world according to OECD and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development statistics. The world average of chicken-per-person, according to the OECD report, sits at 31.3 kg.