Itzhak Arnon ( he, יצחק ארנון; born Isaac Aharonowitz; 1909–2005) was an Israeli

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the ...

. Arnon was born in Antwerp (

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

). He studied agronomy at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech. In 1932, Itzhak Arnon immigrated to Palestine. In 1933, he was appointed inspector of the Agricultural Experimental Station of the Mandatory Government in Acre. In 1948, he established the agricultural station at Neve Yaar. In 1957, he obtained his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1958 to 1968, Itzhak Arnon headed the Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research. In 1971, he received the Israel Prize in

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

. From 1971, he was a member of the

Académie d'Agriculture The Académie d'agriculture de France is a voluntary association aiming to contribute to the evolution of agriculture and rural life in the scientific, technical, economic, judicial, legal, social and cultural fields. It is the successor to the s ...

Selected publications

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Israeli agronomists Israel Prize in agriculture recipients 2005 deaths 1909 births Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Belgian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century agronomists {{Israel-scientist-stub