The State of Israel is a peculiar country. Probably because the country has been established for a relatively short period of time, 95% of the land in the country is owned by the state, and only 5% is privately owned.
Their agricultural production and operation mainly take two forms, one is kibbutz and the other is Moshav.
Kibbutz is a collective farm, and the land used is the land leased from the state, which is equivalent to the form of a state-owned farm.
Moshav is an agricultural cooperative, which also needs to lease land from the state, but the unit of production and operation is mainly the family.
The State of Israel relies on this form of agricultural production. While developing water-saving agriculture, it also needs to carry out desertification control projects.
Elisha was a member of a farming community in Israel.
In Israel, there are no less than 450 Moshavs. Elisha’s Moshav farm community is very common among the 450 Moshavs, and he is also a very ordinary farmer.
Standing in the woodland of his home, Elisha looked at one of the dead saplings and was speechless for a while.
Since last week, new saplings have been dying in the woodland one after another, which annoys him immensely and makes him feel very bad.
According to regulations, he must plant trees in this area. Only in this way can he stabilize the sand field, reduce dust and wind erosion, protect the river embankment behind, and prevent the irrigation of farmland from being damaged.
However, the saplings planted this month died one after another, and the previous work was tantamount to useless work, wasting a lot of manpower and time.
"How did this happen? The saplings were all planted in the same way, but why did they all die...Is it my problem, or the saplings' problem?"
Elisha had no idea, and thought hard for a while. He thought that there were still some saplings left from the previous batch. He could try to plant with this batch of saplings to see if there would be different results.
Making up his mind, Elisha drove his car and left the woodland.
On the way from the forest farm to home, he had to pass through several forest farms of other families. Elisha’s car walked along the embankment not far away, and he saw Rehoboam, a friend who also lived in the same Moshav farm community.
Elisha stopped the car and greeted Rehoboam, "Hi, my friend, how are you doing today? Are you busy?"
When Rehoboam saw Elisha, he responded with a smile, "I'm doing well, and I'm not too busy... Well, it will be Pentecost in two days. Would you like to come to my house for dinner?"
Pentecost is an agricultural festival in Israel.
It represents the harvest of the new grain and the ripening of the first fruits, which the Israelites reaped from the gods by celebrating the harvest and praying for another bountiful harvest in the coming year.
Both Elisha and Rehoboam were farmers, and they attached great importance to Pentecost. Elisha nodded immediately when he heard this, and said, "Okay, I will prepare flowers and fine wine when the time comes."
"Then it's settled. I'll tell Sara later and let her get ready."
Rehoboam glanced at Elisha's car and asked again, "Did you go to the forest farm just now?"
"Yes."
Speaking of the forest farm, Elisha couldn't help asking: "Rehoboam, how is your forest farm doing recently? Are the saplings you planted dying?"
"Huh? How do you know?"
Rehoboam was a little surprised, and said: "Since last week, the saplings in my forest farm have been dying. I think this seems to be a problem with the saplings. The saplings in the past two months have no problems, but the new saplings are not. , worse than it was two months ago."
"Do you also think it's the sapling's problem?"
Elisha felt that he had finally found the reason, and it really had something to do with the sapling.
He quickly told Rehoboam about the situation in his forest farm, and then said: "It seems that we have to report this to the people in the agricultural department. The new saplings are not as good as the old saplings. Let them purchase the old saplings." Give us the saplings, so it will be more efficient."
Water resources in Israel are extremely scarce, and their government departments pay great attention to the utilization of water resources. There is an astonishing statistic, that is, the recycling rate of water resources in Israel reaches 90%, which is the first in the world.
Therefore, Israel's agriculture and water use are jointly supervised by the Agriculture, Sanitation, and Environment departments respectively, and the Quarantine Bureau also conducts regular inspections, which is extremely strict.
Planting trees to protect the embankment is to protect the river water.
Planting trees also requires water, and the planted trees will die within a few days if they are not alive. This is also a waste of water resources.
It is nothing if one or two trees die, but if you look at the whole of Israel, the situation is very serious, and this must be taken seriously.
Elisha felt that this matter must be reported to the higher authorities. He really didn't want to do wasted work. The survival rate of the saplings was low.
The two discussed it and decided to go back and report to each other. Then Elisha drove home.
Not long after—
Relevant officials of the Israeli Agriculture Department have received reports of problems with the saplings.
Looking at these reports, the officials in charge couldn't help asking their deputy: "What's going on? What's wrong with the saplings we purchased? Why did this happen?"
The deputy didn't know what happened, and after reading the reports given to him by the officials in charge, he thought for a while before saying, "I remember, the saplings we got in the last two months were all bought from a Xiaguo company. When we arrived, the United Nations Environment Program recommended us to plant them, and we bought a batch, and you signed the agreement document for buying saplings at that time."
After hearing this, the competent officials also remembered that at that time, the United Nations Environment Program recommended saplings to them, but none of them wanted them. Support, just call him to ask him to sign, that's why I bought such a batch of saplings.
"So, those saplings are good?"
The officer in charge looked at the deputy a little uncertainly.
The deputy nodded: "It seems so."
The official in charge thought for a while, and immediately said: "Then you immediately contact the United Nations Environment Program and ask them if they still have these saplings, and ask them to buy us another batch."
"Okay, I'll ask now."
The deputy put down the report in his hand, turned around and left...
After a while, he came back and said helplessly to the official in charge: "The Environmental Planning Agency said that there are no such saplings. It is said that the saplings were bought from a company in Xiaguo."
"Xia Guo?"
The official in charge was a little surprised, and asked, "Have you found out which Xia country company it is?"
The deputy shook his head: "I asked, but I didn't ask. It is said that the company was involved in the bribery of their nearest shopping specialist, so it is inconvenient to disclose too much relevant information to us."
"oh?"
The official in charge thought for a while and said: "Since the saplings are good, we don't have to worry about the rest. I will report to the step leader later and ask him to call the United Nations Environment Program and ask about the Xiaguo Company's information."