Israel pushes aquaculture cooperation in answer to global food security
Israel’s Agriculture Minister Oded Forer talks with Al-Monitor about the first-ever international summit on food grown in the sea and the desert, held this week in Eilat.
![The AgrIsrael Sea the Future Conference, Eilat, Oct. 19, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-10/eilat.jpg?h=8dfd537e&itok=Qv3fxNGL)
Israel’s Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Oded Forer and his Bahraini counterpart, Wael Bin Nasser Al Mubarak, signed Oct. 19 a joint declaration of agricultural cooperation. The declaration aims to promote and expand cooperation between Israel and Bahrain in the fields of agriculture, livestock and food security.
The ceremony took place in the framework of the first-ever International Summit on Food Technologies from the Sea and the Desert, taking place this week in the southern city of Eilat.