Professional Tour

Wednesday, June 10

Kfar Menachem

• Avocado – experiments in nutrition (fertigation) and drip irrigation (scheduling, flow rates)
• Olive - commercial orchards irrigated with reclaimed wastewater

Sansana

• Almond orchard, Subsurface irrigation in Compost trench, Remote sensing for irrigation scheduling – (Rivulis)

Kibutz Hatzerim

• Netafim (global leader in commercial production of drip irrigation)
• Jojoba Israel (leading jojoba oil producer): visit extraction facilities, commercial plantations and N fertilization and irrigation experiments (subsurface drip irrigation)
• Lunch in the Kibbutz Visitors' Center

Gilat Research Center (Volcani Center)

• Almond and avocado - controlled nutrition/fertilization experiments
• Avocado - rootstock experiment

Kibbutz Gvulot

• Citrus - controlled release fertilization trial (Haifa)

Barkan Winery

• Vineyard visit
• Tour of Israel's largest winery
• Guided Wine Tasting

Dinner 

Traditional oriental restaurant at Abu Gosh

Avocado Fertigation Experiment, Irrigation Controller, Kfar Menahem

Jojoba Plantation, Kibutz Hatzerim

Jojoba Plantation, Kibutz Hatzerim

Avocado Fertilization Experiment, Gilat Research Center

Almond Fertilization experiment in Gilat

Vineyard in Hulda