The Sands of Samar, a dune expanse in the Arava region of southern Israel, near Eilat, on August 30, 2019. Photo by Mila Aviv/Flash90.
In the middle of Israel’s barren Arava, more than an hour’s drive from a major city, a diverse group of over 1,200 university students from Africa and Asia have gathered to learn the latest in agriculture technologies from local farmers.