 In 1906, Jewish agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn discovered wild emmer ("Triticum dicoccoides"), believed to be "the mother of the wheat.After the Balfour declaration by Great Britain in 1917 and the award of the mandate to Israel by the League of Nations to Britain, the Jewish Agency established in 1921 the Agricultural Experiment Station.Their mission was to conduct research leading to small farms with intensive agriculture, specializing in mixed farming of fruit trees, cattle, chicken, vegetables and cereals.