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10 best things to admire about Israel:
Israel is an economic and military superpower and is ranked first in the world in the rate research and development centre investments.
Israel has a GDP of $387.717 billion.
Israeli exports are worth $60.6 billion.
Israel has the second-largest number of startup companies in the world after the United States.
Israel was ranked 19th on the 2016 UN Human Development Index, indicating "very high" development.
Israel is comprised of 60% desert yet Israel produces 95% of its own food.
In 2011, Israel was ranked 36th out of 182 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
Israel was ranked 19th out of 188 nations in the Human Development Index (HDI) 2016 ranking.
Israel was ranked 11th in the World Happiness Report of 2017.
Israel has managed all this with very few natural resources.
10 best things to admire about Agriculture in Israel:
More than 60 percent of Israel is desert, the Negev desert, only 20% of the land area is naturally arable.
The construction of desalination plants along Israel's coast allowed agriculture in some areas that were formerly desert. The desalination plants, which remove the salt from ocean water, have created a new source of water for farming, drinking, and washing.
Israel produces more crop for every drop of water than any other country in the world.
Israeli cows produce the highest amounts of milk per animal in the world
Israel is one of the world's leading fresh citrus producers and exporters
Israel produces vast quantities of flowers for export. Flower exports in 2000 exceeded $50 million.
Israel produces 95% of its own food requirements.
Before 1973, farmers round the world were forced to discard 40 percent of their tomato produce, however in 1973, two Israeli scientists, Haim Rabinowitch and Nachum Kedar, developed a variety of tomato with slower ripening than ordinary tomatoes in a hot climate.
Pioneering technology is being used to breed fish in artificial lakes in the Negev desert.
In 2008 agriculture represented 2.5% of total GDP and 3.6% of exports.
