India and Israel have collaborated to transform 150 communities into ‘Villages of Excellence.’
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The Indian government has partnered with the Israeli government to establish 150 ‘Villages of Excellence’ in 12 Indian states to assist farmers in adopting cutting-edge farm technology.
Israel would provide technical aid and other knowledge to help Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture become more profitable.
The 150 villages surrounding the CoEs will be transformed into “Villages of Excellence.”
Seventy-five villages would commemorate India’s 75th year of independence in the first year.
In 12 states, the Israeli government has already built 29 Centres of Excellence (CoEs).
CoEs are an excellent example of bilateral collaboration, and the certification of CoEs has been advocated to improve the standards and quality of Services given to farmers, said Mr. Gilon.
Also, He is interested in further collaboration with agri-research body ICAR and making the latest technologies available with Israel.