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DEMALACH, YOEL (1924– ), Israeli agriculturalist. Demalach was born in Italy and settled in Palestine in 1939. He joined kibbutz Revivim where he devoted himself to Negev agricultural development and invented irrigation methods for arid zone agriculture. In 1986 he received the Israel Prize for his investigation and teaching of arid region agriculture.

Sources: Encyclopaedia Judaica. © 2007 The Gale Group. All Rights Reserved.

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