Recently, there is so much violence and deaths around, that today I have decided to write about the most peaceful occupation - agriculture.

I'll try to wedge into this stream of explosions, assaults and terror attacks with “an olive branch”.

I have often talked about Israeli innovation in agriculture: it is amazing how a small country, in which there are simply no fertile lands, there is a war constantly, has managed to adapt to the harsh conditions, and still manages to earn good money on this.

The Israeli developers are always inventing new ways to grow vegetables without water, fight blasts without chemicals, harvest and care for animals without people.

One of the most useful of the Israeli developments is drip watering, which allows wetting soil in drought conditions. But in Israel they are managing to upgrade it. The Israeli company Tal-Ya manufactures reusable plastic boxes for getting water from air. The containers made of recycled plastic reduce the plants’ water requirements up to 50%. Their cost is $ 3-5 per a unit, and service life is 10 years. These products are used by farmers in Israel, the United States, China, Chile, Georgia, Sri Lanka and Australia.

Company BioBee has been helping farmers to get rid of predatory mites without using chemicals since 1984. In kibbutz Sde Eliyahu they breed spiders, bees and flies that eat harmful insects. Yes, the method is not new, but in Israel it has been used long since and with equal success. But EdenShield technology is fighting destructive insects with natural non-toxic extract that masks odors of plants. The remedy is created on the basis of chemicals that Israeli desert plants emit. Their odor deters blasts without causing environmental damage.

Another Israeli technology allows in a way to vaccinate plants and seeds against blights: TraitUP technology actually injects new genes into a plant, with these patterns are not inherited in the future. Gene modification is a complex issue, but with limited natural resources is one of the outputs to get a good harvest.

One of the most beautiful startups is GreenWall technology. This is the modern “Gardens of Babylon”: developers are creating vertical gardens in high-rise buildings. At the same time such a vegetable garden requires a minimum amount of space, water and soil. Thus, residents of high-rise buildings can grow rice, corn, wheat...

A reasonable approach to any case guarantees a positive result. It is a pledge of prosperity, it is used in Israel. I will repeat a phrase that I am used to say: if in Ukraine we started using at least part of the Israeli technology, we would feed the whole world long ago.