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Daniel Hillel

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Agronomist and World Food Prize laureate (1930–2021)
"We weren't the sons and grandsons in a long family line of farmers, so we had to start anew. This turned out to be an advantage" - Hillel[1]

Daniel Hillel (13 September 1930 – 9 March 2021) was an Israeli–American agronomist, researcher and author.[2] Hillel was the World Food Prize laureate for 2012.[2]

Life

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Hillel was born in Los Angeles, United States.[3] He was raised in Palestine and later Israel.[4] [3] He lived on a kibbutz, traditional agriculture based communities in Israel.[3] On returning to the States he completed his high school, and went on to study agronomy from University of Georgia and earth sciences from Rutgers University.[4] In 1957 he completed his doctorate in soil physics and ecology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, followed by two years as a postdoctoral researcher at University of California.[4] During the 1950s, Hillel took part in Israel's first effort to map its agriculture related resources. He then joined the agriculture community at Sde Boker.[4] In the coming decades, he would use his expertise in irrigation to help improve agricultural output in 30 countries.[5] Hillel was on the staff of Goddard Institute for Space Studies.[6]

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ Blanche, Aubrey (2012年07月12日). "Daniel Hillel". Circle of Blue. Retrieved 2021年12月11日.
  2. ^ a b Rosenzweig, Cynthia (22 March 2021). "In Memoriam: Daniel Hillel". World Scientific . Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Krajick, Kevin (2012年06月12日). "Daniel Hillel, Originator of High-Efficiency Irrigation, to Receive World Food Prize". State of the Planet. Retrieved 2021年12月11日.
  4. ^ a b c d "The World Food Prize Foundation Offers Tribute to 2012 Laureate Dr. Daniel Hillel". The World Food Prize Foundation. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 2021年12月11日.
  5. ^ "Daniel Hillel, Pioneer in High-Efficiency Irrigation, to Receive World Food Prize". The Earth Institute. Columbia University. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 2021年12月11日.
  6. ^ "Alumni Bibliographies. Publications by Daniel Hillel". Goddard Institute for Space Studies. NASA. Retrieved 2021年12月11日.

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