Israelis in S. Africa aid farming projects

JOHANNESBURG (JTA) -- In two major pilot projects to empower the black community of South Africa, Israeli experts are helping to introduce the moshav system into farming areas outside Johannesburg and Pretoria.

The projects involve a partnership that includes the Israeli government, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, two South African agricultural training centers and the local Jewish community.
Israel has pledged to send two agricultural experts, one of whom specializes in irrigation and the other in poultry farming, to South Africa for a period of four years to establish and run the pilot agricultural projects.

The experts are being sent to South Africa through Mashav -- Israel's Center for International Cooperation.

Both projects will be modeled on the Israeli moshav system, which combines some of the features of cooperative and private farming, and will involve some 500 South African farmers in the training programs.

http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4616/edition_id/84/format/html/displaystory.html