Department of Agriculture

Doctor caught yellow-handed at Ben-Gurion attempting to smuggle 300 banana saplings from Thailand

Customs inspectors at Ben-Gurion Airport discovered about 300 banana saplings and staghorn ferns in five suitcases belonging to a passenger returning from Thailand.

|ByLIAT RON
Unusual seizure at Ben-Gurion Airport: A doctor from central Israel tried to bring in 300 seedlings from Thailand without a permit from the Agriculture Ministry.
Eggs found to bear fraudulent stamps on them being smuggled into Israel from the Palestinian Authority's territory, September 24, 2026.

Case cracked: Police find thousands of eggs smuggled from PA territory with fake stamps

The eggs were found in a truck which had been stopped at the border crossing between Palestinian Authority territory and Jerusalem.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Yields are shrinking, competition is nonexistent, and prices are skyrocketing. A fruit stall in the market

The figure revealing the bluff of Israel's agricultural sector

Fruit and vegetable prices rise year after year, and it appears the Agriculture Ministry is ignoring a major failure that allows growers to control the market and set prices.

|BySHLOMO MAOZ
A combine harvesting machine in the Hula Valley. The research provides an important missing link among road traffic emissions, soil contamination, and food production.

Tire particles may contaminate crops and enter food chain, Israeli study finds

Around the world, some 1.5 billion tires are produced each year, and tire-wear particles are increasingly recognized as one of the largest sources of microplastic pollution.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

New behavior analysis AI tech allows you to improve a cow's 'moood'

The system uses a unique imaging technology in order to precisely track the activity of each cow and to automatically analyze the complex and social behaviors of the cattle.

DECEMBER 2, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cows graze in a grassy area near Mas'ada in the Israeli Golan Heights

Stink bomb: Man abandons bag with durian fruit at Ben Gurion Airport

The fruit was found inside an abandoned bag next to a garbage bin at the baggage claim hall at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

JULY 15, 2019ByALON EINHORN
Durian fruit

Israel spearheading development of agricultural technology -OECD report

JULY 3, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
German delegation explores Israeli technological advances in agriculture

Giving a hoot

“Since we started working with the Barn Owl Project, we have definitely decreased our use of rodent poison,” stated Nimrod Wolf.

JUNE 19, 2019ByDIANA BLETTER
A barn owl