Nekudat Hen was established by Yad Hanadiv (the Rothschild foundation in Israel) in 1999. Our goal is to build a professional and interdisciplinary knowledge base concerning the topic of multifunctional landscape agriculture in Israel. Our basic assumption is that well managed agriculture provides food and other important resources and contributes to the protection of the environment.
Nekudat Hen creates opportunities for convening, learning, and discussion for agricultural and environmental researchers, farmers, environmental activists, and policy makers. Its projects and activities seek to form knowledge base which can contribute to the formation of a common language between the different disciplines and to encourage informed dialogue.
What do we do?
Nekudat Hen funds short term (up to one year) research projects that focus on landscape agriculture. Each year, up to eight research projects which contribute to expanding knowledge of agricultural land use and its effect on the environment, open space, natural resources and quality of life.
So far, than 70 different research projects were supported.
Each year, Nekudat Hen organizes a conference to disseminate the results and highlights of some of the supported projects. The Conference features guest speakers from outside Israel.
We publish project reports, special publications, and conference proceedings through Nekudat Hen's website.
