The Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) is the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and is responsible for most of the agricultural research conducted in Israel. Research at the ARO aims to improve existing agricultural production systems and introduce new products, processes and equipment on which Israel's future agricultural effort will be based. The ARO has an extensive research infrastructure that conducts both basic and applied research. The ARO employs more than 200 Ph.D. scientists and 300 engineers and technicians organized into six institutes located on the main campus at Bet Dagan and regional research centers in the north and south of the country. Declaration of Basic Principles |