When Dr. Daniel Hillel was a child, he fell in love with the soil of Israel. Throughout his life, he's been creating methods of irrigation that bring sustainable life to otherwise barren lands. Now, almost half a century after he invented micro-irrigation and changed Middle-Eastern agriculture – the rest of the world is starting to catch on.

China is developing a demonstration center of agricultural technologies, in which Israeli solutions will be presented to the local market. As part of the center, blue roses that are considered extremely luxurious in China, will be grown based on Israeli know-how.

A team of 300 scientists from around the world, including researchers from the Hebrew University of Jeruslaem, sequenced the tomato genome the first time. The findings can affect further development of tomato production.

Israeli agricultural experts are expected to help their Indian counterparts in forming centers of excellence focused on optimizing crop production. The Israeli farmers will export knowledge of post-harvest management, cold storage technology, packaging and dairy products.

Israeli company Meteor develops anti-virus agricultural nets that ensure that bugs stay out of the lettuce patch and off the tomato vine. This technology enables farmers to save billions each year, reducing the number of insects that are able to get through by nearly 100 percent.

How can tomatoes and peppers grow in the desert? Israeli scientists are using sophisticated electric sensors that measure moisture to provide the proper balance for the produce – and can even send the readings to smartphones.

An Israeli bio-informatics software company developed a web-based platform and Android app to answer the needs of plant breeders. The system enables breeders to follow the entire lineage of a plant and provides them with statistical analysis.

Israeli scientist discovered a way to detect small-scale changes in climate, based on satellite images. The system can tell farmers when it is best to plant seeds and even which crop is most suitable for each square-kilometer, to improve harvest.

An Israeli company is helping African countries become self-sufficient by teaching them agricultural techniques they say can significantly increase food production. Africa is a very rich continent with extremely poor people and we want to help change it by developing the rural areas," Green 2000 told NoCamels.

Eighty-two ex-militants from the Niger Delta area in Nigeria departed for Israel and the Philippines under the Post Amnesty Reintegration Program for vocational training in agriculture, pipeline and under-water welding. The Nigerian government is hoping the participants will return to Nigeria with much-needed expertise.

Israel's Ben-Gurion University gets $1.3 million grant to help develop ‘Clever Robots for Crops' that will harvest only the ripest fruits and vegetables.

In the fields of the Galilee in Israel, big and healthy seeds are grown which some claim could alter the world hunger crisis and shortage of fuel, no less. Kaiima, an Israeli agricultural start-up, is multiplying the genome of plants and making them bigger, stronger and more fertile.

The world's first agricultural "cloud" system will help farmers around the world with pest control; pricing; international regulations, all according to their individual needs.