Israel firms look for opportunities in Gujarat
By IANSWednesday, June 9, 2010
GANDHINAGAR - A business delegation from Israel is exploring opportunities for tie-ups with agro-business entrepreneurs in Gujarat, an official said Wednesday.
According to Gujarat Agro-industries Corporation Managing Director D. Thara, a 30-member delegation representing, among others, 17 companies of Israel is currently on a visit to the state to explore the possibility of business tie-ups in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, dairy sector and irrigation.
“We have given them a list of entrepreneurs with whom they can interact,” Thara said.
Leader of the delegation Yitzhak Kiriati said: “There is considerable similarity between Gujarat and Israel in terms of agro-zones and water scarcity.”
The delegation represents companies with business interests in sectors like water management and drip irrigation, agro-feed, dairy, fisheries, greenhouse, seeds and storage facility.
Israel’s consul general in Mumbai Orna Sagiv, who was present at a conference in Ahmedabad Tuesday said that her country was looking for tie-up opportunities with Indian companies in their area of agricultural excellence.
The Gujarat government gave a presentation where it put forward its objective of doubling its irrigated cropped area from the present 3.1 million hectare of a total cropped area of 10.6 million hectare.
