New Fruits for Arid Climates

Y. Mizrahi, Avinoam Nerd, Yaron Sitrit, J. Janick, A. Whipkey

2002 · 35 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

In many countries around the world “developers ” take the best agricultural lands for housing, and urban-ization spreads rapidly. As a result, the agricultural industries are pushed into less productive lands in which the climate is not the most suitable for crops. A very good example is found in Israel. The best agricultural area is along the Mediterranean coast where the citrus industry flourished for almost a century and is the area

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