Three Centers of Excellence (COEs) established in Karnataka have been inaugurated under Indo-Israel Agricultural Project (IIAP).
MIDH Division of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, government of India and MASHAV -- Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation -- are leading Israel’s largest G2G cooperation, with 29 operational Centres of Excellence (COEs) across India in 12 states, implementing advanced Israeli Agro-Technology tailored to local conditions.
Out of these 29 fully functional COEs, three are from Karnataka, namely COE Kolar for Mango, COE Bagalkote for Pomegranate and COE Dharwad for Vegetables.
These CoE generate knowledge, demonstrate best practices and train officers and farmers.
These Centers will help farming community of Karnataka to get access to the latest innovative Israeli technologies and adopting them to increase production and productivity which will help in increasing the farmers’ income.
These COEs have the capacity of 50,000 grafts production and 25 lakh vegetables seedlings production annually.
About 20,000 farmers have visited these COEs to gain knowledge about the modern cultivation practices in horticulture.