Agriculture in Israel is the success story of a long, hard struggle against adverse conditions and of making maximum use of arable land and scarce water. The secret of Israel's present agricultural success lies in the development of sophisticated methods in all agricultural branches, as well as technological advancement, new irrigation techniques, and innovative agro-mechanical equipment.
Since Israel attained independence in 1948, the total area under cultivation has increased by a factor of 2.6, to approximately 1.1 million acres. During the past half century the number of agricultural settlements grew from 400 to 750, while the share of the population living in them has fallen from 12 percent to less than 5 percent.
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