Israel is not the agricultural export powerhouse like Ukraine, but it is a supplier of high quality and high value fruits and vegetables. The country is 95 percent self-sufficient in food despite occupying semi-arid desert land. Much of this was achieved through intense effort at land improvement and irrigation. The latter focuses on low evaporation/high absorption techniques. Ukraine’s agricultural output has been dented by Russian mines and bombardment, the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, and wrecking the export infrastructure. For Israel, the larger challenge may be farm labor. The mobilization of reserves and inability to use Palestinian day workers may put parts of the farming sector in caretaking mode. The West Bank has a simi...

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