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040 > ‏ Agriculture > Partnership in Agriculture Initiatives of C I I Confederation of Indian Industry through its National Council on Agriculture has partnered with Tel Aviv University and Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Centre in facilitating exposure visits for agribusiness professionals and potential match-making between the players. In 2016, CII organized agri startup pitch and student hackathon jointly withTel Aviv University and Startup Nation Central in India that saw a participation of more than 100 young innovators, entrepreneurs and students working in the digital agri technology space. As a follow through of the activities, CII, Tel Aviv University and Startup Nation Central are working together toward enabling technology transfer from Israel to India and also creating a platform for mentoring and capacity building of startups in India. Considering similar challenges faced by India,the partnership has the potential to immensely benefit the sector in terms of higher growth, greater availability of high value foods and most importantly the farmers in terms of higher incomes and livelihood security. Fourth India-Israel Round Table on Precision Agriculture References • GirmaMegersa and JemalAbdulahi (2015),Irrigation system in Israel: A Review, Vol 7(3), PP 29-37. • Marjorie S.Federbush& Jerome C.Muys Jr.(2012),Israel andWater— (What's Next for the)“Turn around Nation”: How Israel's Leadership in Advanced Water Technologies Can Enhance Global Economic Growth and Diplomatic Relations, PP 309-321. Contributed by Confederation of Indian Industry Indian Innovators winning an exposure trip to Israel