22 Mar 2019 --- Investments in the Israeli agri-food start-up sector have boomed from 2014 to 2018, raising almost US$800 million in funding over this period. This is according to a recent investing report from venture capital (VC) platform AgFunder. Due to the country’s location and unfriendly desert climate, agricultural practices prove challenging. Yet, Israel, rising to the occasion, is proving “fertile ground” for agri-food innovation and the start-ups that drive it.