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Aquaculture 2018
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 - 2 1 , 2 0 1 8
L i s b o n , P o r t u g a l
Page 23
Journal of
ISSN: 1307-234X
E u r o p e a n S u mm i t o n
Aquaculture, Fisheries
and Horticulture
The phenomenon of urban agriculture is expanding as a reverberation
of population and urban growth. In Israel 91% of the population lives in
cities, and only 2% are working in agriculture. The unfavourable conditions
for agriculture in Israel, especially scarcity of water and competition over
arable land, brought to decrease in agricultural areas, and subsequently to
production of food far away from its consumers. The various new methods
and technologies that exist today (hydroponics, aquaponics, aeroponics),
allow urban farming to be integrated in an easy, accessible and efficient way
in the city, and can provide urbanities with a series of benefits that foster
new communities. Various projects of urban farming were executed in Israel,
among them: educational programs in schools, horti therapy in geriatric and
rehabilitation centres and social and economic empowerment projects in
refugees' neighbourhoods. All these successful examples show how urban
farming has the potential to influence and benefit economy, environment,
society and health in the city.
Urban agriculture as a tool for creating socioeconomic
development and healthy communities, the Israeli experience
Ronit Golovaty
Hydronit Urban Farming, Israel
Ronit Golovaty, Journal of Volume:12
DOI: 10.21767/1307-234X-C1-002
Biography
Ronit Golovaty is an Agronomist and Natural Resources
Management Specialist, with a BSc and MSc from the
Hebrew University in Plant Protection, and MSc from Oxford
University in Natural Resources Management. She was for 7
years the Director of the Agrotechnology and Environmental
Technologies sectors in the Israeli Export and International
Institute, promoting joint ventures and cooperation (PPP)
between Israeli agrotechnology companies, governments,
international organizations and NGOs, and was sent to
overseas long term missions as a Project Manager in Ethiopia
and Brazil. She has experience of more than 25 years in
development and adaptation of innovative agrotechnologies,
for increasing the productivity of the agricultural sector, and
today is an international Consultant in agricultural extension
and urban farming.