The Negev, first published over a decade ago, told the story of some twenty years of study of southern Israel's desert. It synthesized the findings of botanists, geologists, soil scientists, agronomists, archaeologists, historians, and engineers and told how the applications of their work produced an agricultural surplus in this forbiddingly dry, hot region. Now Michael Evenari has amplified the book with data from another decade of work. He describes the efforts at a new farm at Wadi Mashash, extends the weather data another ten years, presents further work on the adaptations of plants and animals to desert conditions, and takes a much deeper look at the historical precedents for the method of runoff agriculture, which has made the desert bloom.

The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition

Science & Math

Evenari, Michael

Shanan, Leslie

Tadmor, Naphtali

Biological Sciences

Harvard University Press

In December 1966, the New York Times reported, "An experimental farm in the middle of Israel's arid southern desert proved its success in an unusual way this year. It had a surplus problem." This happy surplus was the outcome of two decades of scientific study of ancient desert agriculture, which had been motivated initially by the realization that the state of Israel would always be confronted with the challenge of living in a desert environment.  In this lively, richly illustrated book, three of the experimenters describe the challenges of the Negev desert to man, plant, and animal, past and present. They explain hew botanists joined forces with geologists, archaeologists, agronomists, engineers, photogrammetrists, soil scientists, and historians to answer these challenges by reconstructing an ancient farming system. Making full use if the low annual rainfall, they were able to produce excellent crops in both fields and orchards.

The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, First Edition

The Negev, first published over a decade ago, told the story of some twenty years of study of southern Israel's desert. It synthesized the findings of botanists, geologists, soil scientists, agronomists, archaeologists, historians, and engineers and told how the applications of their work produced an agricultural surplus in this forbiddingly dry, hot region. 
 Now Michael Evenari has amplified the book with data from another decade of work. He describes the efforts at a new farm at Wadi Mashash, extends the weather data another ten years, presents further work on the adaptations of plants and animals to desert conditions, and takes a much deeper look at the historical precedents for the method of runoff agriculture, which has made the desert bloom.

Michael Evenari s biography unfolds his exciting manifold life his love for botany the confrontation with political events as a youngster and his thrilling experience of helping in the development of Israel Evenari takes us on his exciting expeditions in the company of his beloved wife He tells us of his meetings with many personalities and about his farm in the Negev The discovery of long forgotten floodwater irrigated farm systems from the times of King Salomon and their reconstruction became a successful experiment which lead him to teach this approach of runoff agriculture in many parts of the world initializing progress in the development of various arid areas As a tribute to his successful scientific life Evenari was awarded the Balzan Prize in 1988 In April 1989 Michael Evenari died at the age of 84

The Awakening Desert: The Autobiography of an Israeli Scientist

Mathematics

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

The Awakening Desert

Magnes Press

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The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition

The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, First Edition

The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert, Second Edition

The Awakening Desert: The Autobiography of an Israeli Scientist

The Awakening Desert