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Causes: International, International Agricultural Development
Mission: The organization's primary purpose is the research, development, and improvement of techniques for growing crops in desert, arid land, and semi-arid areas.
Programs: The organization continues to conduct and support research and development of techniques and technology for growing produce/crops with brackish-salty water at the ramat negev desert agroresearch and business center (rndarc) which is located in the negev desert in israel. For the past 10 years, the foundation has run the ohio-israel agricultural initiative (oiai), a program that fosters increased trade and cooperation between the agricultural industries in israel and the state of ohio. This program has received federal and ohio funding for its contributions to improving ohio's economy.