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Study tour on advocacy and collective marketing for Georgian Farmers

HollandDoor offered a successful one week study tour in the Netherlands with visits of sector and farmer organisations for the Georgian Farmers Association. This study visit in July 2015 is the first stage of a tailor made training with training weeks in Georgia late 2015 and early 2016 on the themes 'advocacy' and 'collective marketing'. The visit was meant to expose the participants to various business support organisations and farmer initiatives in the Netherlands with a mandate and scope similar to the Georgian Farmers Association, which is a young and fast growing umbrella organisation, aiming to speed up the development of agriculture in Georgia.

 

In the study tour visits were arranged to LTO, ZLTO, The Fresh Produce Centre, NCR, Agriterra, NAJK, CAH (university), CBI as well as several private cooperative based initiatives: Novifarm, Zentoo, Coöperatie DOOR, Quality Queen, Royal Fruitmasters, Oreginal and Distreco.

 

This tailor made training cycle is funded by EP-Nuffic, the expertise and service centre for internationalization in Dutch education. EP-Nuffic offers cross-border capacity development and knowledge exchange programs.
Apart from the core beneficiary (Georgian Farmers Association) two other Georgian organisations are involved and took part in the study tour: the Georgian-European Higher Education Institution and NGO GREEN (Georgian Rural Education and Entrepreneurship Network).

 

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Export promotion course for Vietnamese fruit and vegetables exporters

HollandDoor offered a 3-days tailor-made course in the Netherlands in May 2015 for 6 Vietnamese producers and exporters of fresh fruits and vegetables on exporting to international markets, including the EU.
Half of the programme with the 13 Vietnamese participants was used for classroom meetings and workshops on trends and developments in the European market, with a special focus on market access requirements and quality management as well as business practices. In the other half of the programme several Dutch companies were visited with activities in the field of trade, logistics and quality monitoring.


The fruit and vegetables production and trade sector in Vietnam shows a fast development and has ample opportunities for international trade. But at the same time the sector lacks knowledge, expertise and infrastructure. Against that background the participants were very happy with the given exposure and knowledge during the HollandDoor course.


This course was initiated and organized by the Center for High-Tech Application and Development in Agriculture (HTES) in Hanoi, Vietnam, which was established in 2005 to spearhead the adoption of advanced technology and management systems in agriculture, especially horticulture.

 

For more information please contact Jos Leeters

 

 

 

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Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agricultural University in China

From 14 July until 3 August 2014, HollandDoor provided four days of training to a group of nine Business Management teachers from the Vocational and Technical College of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (IMAU) in China. The training was requested by Stichting Agricultural Exchange Union of China-Europe (Foundation EUC). 

 

EUC was responsible for travel and accommodation arrangements and it organized several agro and cultural excursions within the Netherlands. For most of the trainees, it was their first time in the Netherlands, Europe or even outside China. It was quite an experience!!  

 

EUC requested HollandDoor to organize a four-day training with the following subjects: 

  • Agriculture & Economic Development in the Netherlands
  • Agro global supply chain management
  • Food safety and traceability systems
  • Teaching Strategy + Modern Agriculture Teaching

The trainers were Niek Botden and Jos Leeters (HollandDoor) and  Jifke Sol (Sol Cocreatie / Education and Competence Studies, Wageningen University)

 

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HollandDoor continues to grow in animal husbandry

As of April 2017, Mrs. Lisanne Oskam has become a member of HollandDoor Coöperatie U.A. HollandDoor’s origin lies mainly in the horticultural sectors. However in recent years HollandDoor has had an increase in members with a background in animal husbandry. The arrival of Lisanne Oskam strengthens HollandDoor’s position in this sector. As a result of that, HollandDoor’s profile as a service supplier for study trips, trainings and business matchmaking for all agricultural and horticultural sectors is also being reinforced. 

 

Lisanne Oskam is educated in sales and marketing and has also got working experience in this area. For 10 years she has been active in the dairy industry. Together with her husband she runs a dairy farm with 100 dairy cows. Not only does Lisanne run her own farm, she also works as a knowledge broker and has her own company called Farm visit, which offers visits to the dairy farm. Moreover, she is active as a board member of (Vallei) Boert Bewust. Bringing together the society we live and the agricultural sector is one of Lisanne’s main goals.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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