Mr. Arieh Rosen, the attache for Culture and Science Affairs of the Embassy of Israel visited NARO on May 17, 2017 and paid a courtesy call to NARO President, Dr. Tokio Imbe. The visit was in conjunction with the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding between NARO and Israel's Agriculture Research Organization (ARO) Israel for collaborative research on water utilization. A brief meeting with potential NARO collaborators from the Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science (NIVFS) and Institute for Rural Engineering (NIRE) including Dr. Yoshiteru Sakata (Director-General, NIVFS), Dr. Kunihiko Okada (Director of Division of Vegetable Production System, NIVFS), Dr. Yasunaga Iwasaki Production Technology Unit Leader, NIVFS), Dr. Hidekazu Sasaki (Leaf and Root Vegetable Unit Leader, NIVFS), and Dr. Koji Hamada (Soil Physics and Irrigation Unit, NIRE) followed with discussions on the Young Leadership Program and postdoctoral program of Israel.
