Research Center for Agriculture under Climate Change | Volcani Institute
Events and seminars
Webinar
On July 3, 2025, the center's first webinar took place, hosted by Prof. Senthold Asseng from the Technical University of Munich,
In the lecture “The Impact of Climate Change on Wheat"
The webinar was held in collaboration with the FCCF Consortium and was attended by researchers and professionals from a variety of fields.
2025 Agriculture-Climate Conference
On March 19, 2025, a conference was held on "Agriculture-Climate: New Research and Interfaces for Climate Challenges," initiated by extension Service at the ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Center for Agriculture under Climate Change, and in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The conference dealt with the effects of climate change on the agricultural sectors in Israel, and innovative ways to deal with environmental challenges in order to ensure food security.
During the day, current research from the field, the institute, and academia was presented, in diverse areas such as adapting agricultural interfaces to changing climate conditions, developing resistant varieties, optimized irrigation methods, hormonal applications, and more.
Opening Conference – Research Center for Agriculture under Climate Change, 2024
The conference opened with a ceremony to inaugurate the quarantine cell array.
In the presence of Mr. Oren Lavie, Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture
and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, the management of the Agricultural Research Directorate and the Plant Protection and Inspection Services.
In addition to the presentation of the center's infrastructure by Dr. Roy Ben David, director of the center.
Scientific lectures were presented in the fields of modeling and forecasting, plant protection, and climatic studies in the olive and tomato sectors in Israel.
Finally, an overview of the effects of climate change on Israeli agriculture was given by Dr. Amir Givati, Director of the Meteorological Service.
We set off.
Hoping for fruitful joint work
