After a successful edition in 2022, the Chonnam National University (CNU) in South Korea asked HollandDoor to organize another training event. This year, they came with 20 horticulture students. In addition, the student group was supplemented by eight more horticulture students from Kyungpook National University (KNU).
The CNU group started for the three-day training event on 16 August 2023 at Wageningen University. After this week, the KNU group joined the CNU group for three weeks of tailor-made training that included a combination of plant physiology, cultivation technology, cultivation planning, business and chain management, and various other subjects.
Fifteen unique day programs were designed to cover the above themes, and each day was filled with half a day of lectures and half a day of illustrative field excursions to fill the three-week program. The group was too large to be trained as one group. Therefore, the group was divided into two subgroups, which were given the same, parallel-running program. With this intensive format, the students received a total of 15 half-day lectures and visited 27 organizations/companies.
To keep the overall budget affordable, it was decided not to arrange hotel accommodation. Instead, nine holiday homes were rented, and the group took care of their own breakfast and dinner meals.
Once again, the students gave high marks for the content and facilitation of the training and returned home full of new knowledge and experiences, not only from the content but also from living abroad and enjoying the Netherlands. This will undoubtedly inspire them in their professional careers.
For more information, please contact Niek Botden.
