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Kibbutz Yagur 2008

Kibbutz Yagur 2008. Ilana Livne-Mahazri General Secretary of Kibutz Yagur. High technology farming in cooperative community-Kibbutz. What is kibbutz? Profile and history of Kibbutz Yagur A glance at Yagur’s high technology agriculture Co-ops in the kibbutz movement

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Kibbutz Yagur 2008

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  1. Kibbutz Yagur 2008 Ilana Livne-Mahazri General Secretary of Kibutz Yagur

  2. High technology farming in cooperative community-Kibbutz • What is kibbutz? • Profile and history of Kibbutz Yagur • A glance at Yagur’s high technology agriculture • Co-ops in the kibbutz movement • Short presentation about culture of the kibbutz.

  3. Kibbutz – A unique way of living • Closed community- the financial income and public facilities of the Kibbutz are shared by all members • Each Kibbutz member is to be treated as an equal • Communal celebrations and culture

  4. Kibbutz Yagur • Established – 1922 • Location – Northern Israel • Population – 1400 people • Sources of income – industry & agriculture

  5. History of Kibbutz Yagur

  6. Distribution of income sources

  7. Farming in Kibbutz Yagur

  8. 7800 dunam of agricultural land Main crops: Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Onion, Sunflower Chick-Pea, Sorghum, Hybrid seeds Other: Dairy farm, Chicken coop, Nursery, Olive Grove, Hydroponic Lettuce Greenhouse

  9. High Technology of Irrigation • Independent water purification • Drip irrigation system • Mobile irrigation system

  10. Purification of water

  11. Hybrid seeds

  12. Hydroponic - Lettuce Greenhouse

  13. High Technology Chicken Coop

  14. Two new chicken coops 40,000 hens each Special genetically breeded chickens

  15. Co-ops in the kibbutz movement • Mifaley-Haemek (The Valley Plants) Cooperation Assosiation

  16. Short presentation about the culture of Kibbutz Yagur

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