The Venezuelan Minister of Agriculture has announced that Israel has agreed to aid his country in developing agriculture and cattle raising in two of its arid states. Jesus Lopez Ludue, who recently returned from a visit to Israel, said he was greatly impressed by the advances made in agriculture there. He said a team of Israeli experts would come here next March to study the country’s agricultural problems and that on a later date Israel will put its experience at the disposal of the local wine industry.
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