Daniel Hillel (1930 to 2021) was an Israeli American agronomist, researcher and author known for his work on soil physics and irrigation. He was the World Food Prize laureate for 2012.
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Defining ContributionConceived and developed micro-irrigation, applying water in small continuous amounts directly to plant roots to cut sharply the water needed to nourish crops. 2 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Daniel Hillel
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13 September 1930
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9 March 2021
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was an Israeli-American agronomist, researcher and author
View the Source 2. World Food Prize: Daniel Hillel (2012)
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The new methods conceived and developed by Dr. Hillel applied water in small but continuous amounts directly to plant roots, dramatically cutting the amount of water needed to nourish crops.
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