Large areas of land will be planted with cotton flax next year, a meeting of agricultural experts sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture was told here. Stressing the need for making Israel self-sufficient in the production of vegetables. Agriculture Minister Peretz Naphtali said that the lack of agricultural instructors was hampering the country’s efforts to increase food production.
Imperial Chemical Industries announced that it has purchased a large block of shares in the Haifa Fertilizer Company, making it the second largest shareholder in the firm–the majority of the stock is held by the Israel Government. It is understood here that the company plans to raise its present capitalization from two to four million pounds.
An Israel transit warehouse here plans to import unfinished Japanese goods in bulk and process them for re-export to overseas markets, it was announced here today. The name of the firm was not given, but it was revealed that the firm has already established an office in Tokyo.
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