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My name is Nitzan Ezra. I graduated from Mekif Alef High School in the gifted program in 2023. During high school, I researched at a university at the \”Alpha\” program for science-oriented kids. In the program, I\’ve studied biology and learned about water problems. that year, I took a gap year to volunteer at Green Horizons as a guide. I teach kids about Israel\’s landscape and independence through the wilderness. I love experimenting, hiking, and being outdoors. I also love being on live shows and exploring new places with friends. Next year, I will go to the army, and then I want to travel and hike around the world and study mathematics and eco-biology at the university.
Tell us what the water concern in your country is!I'm living in a semi-arid area. There is a big issue with water shortage. Most of the fresh water and desalinated water is for domestic use. There is an increased demand for irrigation water. To solve the problem, we use saline water in South Israel, but it damages the crops.
This is what I think is one of the solutions for a sustainable future:I believe one of the solutions for a sustainable future is finding ways to use wastewater efficiently. Using wastewater for our needs will allow us to save freshwater for the most important and irreplaceable domestic use.
Enhancing Plant Salinity Stress Tolerance Through Rhizobacteria-Mediated Salinity Mitigation.
Worldwide, agriculture accounts for 70% of all water consumption, and with the demand for water rising, there isn’t enough water for everything. The solution to this is irrigating with brackish water. However, brackish water increases the extent of salt-stressed soils and hurts plants. Salinity stress puts the world’s food security in danger. The microbiome in the rhizosphere plays a significant role in plant health and offers potential solutions for mitigating stress and improving crop yield. Unfortunately, these solutions require carbon additives, which makes them unsustainable. Using the rhizosphere of plants native to saline environments, I found plant growth-promoting bacteria that will sustain themselves while mitigating the salinity stress and improving crop yield irrigated with brackish water.
