IMAGINE growing crops in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, which only receives 60mm to 80mm (roughly 2½ to 3 inches) of rainfall per year.
That is what Israeli water engineer Simcha Blass did when he realised one particular tree seemed to be growing better than surrounding plants in a patch of desert.
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