Chandigarh: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will visit the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables (CEV) in Karnal district tomorrow to get an overview of Indo-Israeli agricultural projects in Haryana.
India and Israel signed agreements for agriculture partnership in 2006 under which Israel has been sharing its best practices and knowledge through professional training programmes.
Rivlin would visit the nursery in the high-tech green house located at the Centre at Gharaunda. Besides, he would also get an overview of Indo-Israeli projects in India and six Indo-Israeli projects in Haryana, an official spokesman said here today.
Ambassador of Israel in India Daniel Carmon, Agriculture Counsellor Dan Alluf and senior officials of Haryana Government would also be present on this occasion.
Agricultural Centres of Excellence’ (CoE) were established in various Indian states to achieve the goals under the Indo-Israeli agreements.
The CoE in Karnal is the most fully developed and operational Centre, an Israeli Embassy spokesman said.
