Yitzhak Elazari Volcani (Hebrew: יצחק אביגדור אלעזרי-וולקני, January 28, 1880 - May 24, 1955)[1] was a writer, agronomist and botanist, pioneer of agricultural research in Israel and the founder of Volcani Center of Agricultural Research.

Born as Yitzchak-Avigdor Wilkansky in Eišiškės, Russian Empire (now in Lithuania),[2] Elazari-Volcani got a degree in Agronomy from the University of Königsberg[3] and made aliyah to Erez Israel in 1908.

[4][5] There, he worked as a director of experimental farm in Ben Shemen and Huldah,[2][6][7] where he lived from 1914,[8] and was a member of Zionist organization Hapoel Hatzair.

[5] He founded the first agricultural research station in Israel,[9] that later became a faculty of the Hebrew University.

[3] He wrote several plays and articles in Hebrew under pseudonyms Ben Avuya and A.