06/10/2026
What does it take to grow food, secure water and power communities where it barely rains?
The new report, "Desertification, Climate Resilience and Applied Innovation," lead by Israel Innovation Authority and C4IR and we were happy to contribute to, looks at how applied innovation, enabling policy, finance, talent and international collaboration can help scale solutions across water, agriculture, soil health, environmental intelligence and renewable energy.
It was a privilege to bring some of the Israeli innovators we work with into this report, each already making a difference in dryland regions:
๐ง Laguna Innovation: solar-powered onsite wastewater treatment and reuse
๐ง EZPack Water Ltd.: modular off-grid systems to purify, store and distribute water
๐ฑ SaliCrop: non-GMO seed enhancement for salinity, heat and drought
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NOF: off-grid post-harvest treatment to reduce spoilage in hot, remote regions
๐ Groundwork BioAg: mycorrhizal inoculants for soil and drought resilience
โ๏ธ ProjectAGrow: off-grid, solar-powered water generation for agriculture
๐ก๏ธ OKO: parametric crop insurance for smallholder farmers
Thank you to Israel Innovation Authority ืจืฉืืช ืืืืฉื ืืช, C4IR Israel and all the partners for a meaningful collaboration.
Read the full report here: https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/press_release/desertification-report-2026/
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Hagit Freud, Yonatan Bukhdruker, Abigail Boegner
Organizations, Institutions, & Partners - World Economic Forum, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 4SฤฐM Azษrbaycan / C4IR Azerbaijan, C4IR Telangana, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Jewish Climate Trust, Evergreen Innovation Platform, DeserTech & Climate Innovation Center, Innovation: Africa, ISERD - Israel-Europe R&D Directorate, Ayala Halevi Studio
Tech Companies, Startups, & Hubs - Netafim, N-Drip Gravity Micro Irrigation, TaKaDu, CropX, SupPlant, Fasal, Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies, PlanetWatchers, Taranis, SoliDrip, ADAMA Ltd., Haifa Group, ICL Group, InNegev, Synergy7, Energy Infrastructures Ltd, Dell Technologies, Elbit Systems, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
