r 7 : THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12 Friday, Feburary 17, 1984 r BANKRUPTCY" Israel-Egypt Cooperation Bears Fruit By BILL CLARK 6: I DESIGN-IT Custom Laminated Furniture. Residential & Commercial Graphic Wall Design KEITH SCHARE Designer 471-3223 BEERSHEVA — Israel and Egypt, as a result of their 1979 peace accords, are cooperating on a joint agricultural research pro- gram which has important implications for hungry people around the world. The two countries share a situation which has exasp- erated farmers for cen- turies. Both have miles and miles of open land plus vast reservoirs of water under- neath — the two prime in- gredients for agriculture. But upon attempting to tap that underground water, it 1111•111111111•111111•111111111.11. 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The salty water irriga- tion project was given top priority and, at the Israeli end, Dr. Dov Pasternak of Ben-Gurion University was put in charge. For the past two years, working with a $5 million AID budget, Israeli and Egyptian researchers have made important discoveries which are useful to farmers working arid regions all 'around the world. "We've been testing about 20 varieties of melons with various genetic back- I'AMV *IV DIAMOND LINCOLN/MERCURY, INC. 221 North Main St., Royal Oak, Michigan 48067 541-8830 "The New Name in Town Where the Smart Money Buys" • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DRAPERIES • BEDSPREADS • BLANKETS • • • • • • • (Cleaned or Laundered) WINDOW SHADES • LAMPSHADES • PILLOWS VENETIAN BLINDS (Cleaned, retaped & re-corded) ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE — IF IT CAN BE CLEANED, WE'LL CLEAN IT AND. 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When the salt concentration gets up to around 5,000 parts per mil- lion, yield drops off about 50 percent, and that makes tomato growing unprofita- ble. However, Dr. Paster- nak noted, "we've learned that if you start the plants on fresh water until there are at least four leaves growing, you can then switch to the 5,000 ppm brackish water and have only 25 percent yield reduc- tion, and that makes tomato growing commercially via- ble." "Another related thing we learned," he added, "is that if you increase the concentration of ni- trates in the soil, you'll reduce the uptake of chloride." Geological research indi- cates that Israel's Negev Desert will be able to yield about 150 million cubic meters of water a year for a century. Underground brackish water is not only found be- neath the Negev Desert. Dr. Pasternak noted that nearly every arid area on earth — places where ag- riculture has traditionally been marginal — sits atop a large reservoir of brackish water. Dig down nearly anywhere in the Sahara, and you'll hit brackish water, he said. Or drill into Australia's Great Sandy Desert and you'll reach the Great Artesian Aquifer. The deserts of Asia and the Americas also sizzle above oceans of brackish water, and as a new system of agriculture is devised to exploit this resource, the world's population will have a new food source. In each country, the re- search is being con- ducted by several differ- ent groups. In Israel, re- search is being con- ducted by the Volcani In- stitute and the Hebrew University Faculty of Ag- riculture, as well as by the Ben-Gurion Univer- sity of the Negev's Applied Research Insti- tute. In Egypt, Dr. Adel El-Beltagy is Dr. Paster- nak's parallel principal investigator, with re- search conducted by Ain Shams University and the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture. Dr. Pasternak noted that the vegetables irrigated on salty water are better. "Yes, we have noticed a markedly improved quality. 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