Une délégation de représentants INRA (ainsi que CIRAD, CNRS, IRD et IRSTEA) conduite par F. Houllier, PDG de l'INRA, s'est rendue en Israël du 17 au 19 mars 2014, et a rencontré plusieurs hauts dirigeants israéliens : le Ministre de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural, le Ministre des Sciences, de la Technologie et de l'Espace, et le Directeur scientifique du Ministère de l'Agriculture.

A delegation representing the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and several other French scientific agencies (CIRAD, CNRS, IRD et IRSTEA), led by INRA President F. Houllier, traveled to Israel from 17 to 19 March, 2014, where they met several Israeli leaders: the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Minister of Science, Technology and Space and the chief scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture. According to F. Houllier's interview with the France-Israel Chamber of Commerce, the aim of this visit was to « renew collaboration with Israel, to help the country to cope with problems linked to climate change, to learn from their technology, and to make use of the complementarity between the two countries ».