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“Bright Future in Agriculture” final conference in...
Mar 2023

On March 7 and 8, 2023, a closing conference of the BFA project was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The conference was attended by the partners and stakeholders representing  [ ... ]

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Implementing practical education in Ethiopia
Jan 2023

At the beginning of November, HollandDoor visited Ethiopia with Mark Bos from Qpoint as part of the Bright Future in Agriculture project. Our focus this time was on implemen [ ... ]

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OKP Project in Benin comes to an end
Dec 2022

At the end of 2022, we wrapped up the OKP (Orange Knowledge Programme) project in Benin.   In a final course given by an expert on didactics, we taught the 60 teach [ ... ]

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Climate-proof and circular dairy farming in India
Oct 2022

In the “Climate-proof and circular dairy farming in India” project, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL) joined forces with HollandDoor to investigat [ ... ]

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Innovating the value chain of Palestinian olives
Oct 2022

HollandDoor launched the inception phase of a new multi-year project in the olive oil sector in the Palestinian Territories. HollandDoor is leading a consortium of Palestini [ ... ]

Read More
Succesful demos of CowSignals® training in three I...
Oct 2022

Ocotober 2022, HollandDoor started giving on-site (live demo) CowSignals® training sessions in India. After two years of online training during the K2K (knowledge to knowle [ ... ]

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Training on poultry and pedagogical and didactical...
Oct 2022

From 24 to 28 October 2022 the second training on poultry was offered to the 20 teachers of four technical agricultural schools of Kika, Banikoara, Ina et Natitingou in Be [ ... ]

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Indian greenhouse farming - which regios to focus?
Oct 2022

On request of the Agricultural Department of the Dutch Embassy in New Delhi, HollandDoor developed an infographic focusing on greenhouse horticultural development trends in  [ ... ]

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Webinars on horticulture in China
Oct 2022

To equip teachers at these vocational schools with the latest insights in modern and sustainable technologies in horticulture, it is important to update them regularly. That i [ ... ]

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Korean CNU students visit Dutch greenhouse horticu...
Oct 2022

Chonnam National University (CNU) from South Korea asked HollandDoor to organize a 1-month tailor-made training event in the Netherlands for a group of 19 horticultural stud [ ... ]

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Jordan: A Training of Trainers program comes to an...
Sep 2022

After two years training, of 16 Master Trainers and members of the Jordan Agricultural Engineers Association (JAEA), this Nuffic-funded HollandDoor program is coming to an e [ ... ]

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Jordan: And the winners are......?
Sep 2022

In a previous newsletter, we already mentioned how Jordanian vocational students impressed us with their enthusiasm, creativity, and skills in identifying business opportuni [ ... ]

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Practical training in goat farming and sheep husba...
Aug 2022

In August 2022, Lisanne Oskam and Ad Merks visited Benin for the Nuffic Orange Knowledge Programme Tailor-made Training+ Livestock. This project was organized by HollandDoor [ ... ]

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Strong vocational education drives growth
Aug 2022

Indonesian delegation on study tour to learn from the Dutch (vocational) education system in the agro-sector.   For many years, Indonesia has attached great importanc [ ... ]

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Practical training in poultry farming in Benin
Jul 2022

From July 12 to 5, 2022 training in poultry farming was offered to the teachers of four technical agricultural schools (LTAs) of Kika, Banikoara, Ina et Natitingou in Benin  [ ... ]

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Benin Horti Training 2: converting theory into app...
Jun 2022

HollandDoor has been implementing an OKP TMT+ Project (Orange Knowledge Programme, Tailor-Made Training) in Benin since 2020, funded by Nuffic. The objective is to refresh a [ ... ]

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Setting up agri-food industrial parks in Cambodia
Jun 2022

The Cambodian government, which intends to set up agri-food industrial parks in the country, decided to travel to the Netherlands to familiarize itself with different indust [ ... ]

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Indonesia network event
Jun 2022

In June 2022, a large delegation of policymakers from the Ministry of Education In Indonesia, officials from the future vocational Centre of Excellence, and education profes [ ... ]

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Training for female engineers in Iraq
May 2022

In mid-May, 20 female-only participants followed an inspiring training course in Iraq. The course was given in cooperation with the Dutch NGO ZOA Iraq and the Al Khiamiat Or [ ... ]

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Egypt learns about climate-smart solutions
May 2022

Twelve Egyptian researchers, advisors, teachers, and entrepreneurs visited the Netherlands in May 2022 to gather ideas about best practices and solutions in climate-smart agri [ ... ]

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Jordan: impressed by the future agro-engineers
Apr 2022

Enthusiastic, creative, knowledgeable and energetic: these are some of the characteristics of the young students we got to know from the Al-Farouq and Al Zamalieh vocational [ ... ]

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Dairy training in Benin with motivated group
Apr 2022

April 2022, Ad Merrks from HollandDoor organized a practical dairy training in Benin. The four agricultural schools near Parakou expressed a keen interest in CowSignals [ ... ]

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Training program in Jordan has entered a new phase
Feb 2022

The Nuffic-funded training program “Jordan's Horticulture: A business that matters” has just started its second phase. It involves training in the fields of hydroponics, a [ ... ]

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Benin horticulture explores hydroponic cultivation
Feb 2022

In 2020, HollandDoor started an OKP TMT+ Project (Orange Knowledge Programme, Tailor- Made Training) in Benin to refresh and upgrade the vocational education capacities of tea [ ... ]

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Revitalizing vocational education in Indonesia: me...
Feb 2022

Our HollandDoor newsletters have brought you regular updates on programs that aim to strengthen TVET education in Indonesia. Thanks to our strong partnerships with valuab [ ... ]

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‘Work based learning’ study tour strengthens ties ...
Dec 2021

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, HollandDoor gave 14 visitors from Georgia a lively and inspiring study visit to the Netherlands in December 2021. The tour was commissioned by t [ ... ]

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Jordan: Better job opportunities by linking educat...
Jul 2021

The agro-food sector can become an essential source of growth, employment, and entrepreneurship for Jordan's economy. However, to reach the potential and align with modern agr [ ... ]

Read More
Shanghai teachers respond enthusiastically to webi...
Jul 2021

Teachers at the Shanghai Vocational School in China are responsible for educating their students based on the latest insights of modern and sustainable horticultural productio [ ... ]

Read More
Indonesia: Win-win partnerships for vocational sch...
Jun 2021

Modern value chains are replacing traditional production supply chains in the agro-food sector. Increasingly, the focus is shifting towards sustainability, food safety, techno [ ... ]

Read More
Ethiopia: Superb online training interaction in BF...
Jun 2021

Our dairy specialist Lisanne Oskam has been involved in a project called the Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA). It’s a three-year project providing support to the Ethiopian [ ... ]

Read More
Indonesia: Strengthen students' entrepreneurial s...
May 2021

The agrofood sector is evolving fast with new technologies and innovations, while society’s food habits, preferences and requirements are changing on a global and local le [ ... ]

Read More
Benin: Livestock training for schools as part of N...
May 2021

In 2020, HollandDoor began livestock training sessions for agricultural schools in Benin. These sessions are related to the Nuffic OKP project on horticulture, irrigation an [ ... ]

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Sri Lanka: Sustainable feed and waste management f...
May 2021

In 2020, HollandDoor started the ‘Sustainable feed & waste management in the dairy sector’ course in Sri Lanka on behalf of The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO: R [ ... ]

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Sri Lanka and India: Improve your dairy business
May 2021

To strengthen the dairy sector, HollandDoor experts conducted lively online workshops in 2020 for dairy advisors and other professionals in Sri Lanka and India. We used a we [ ... ]

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Iraq: Enhancing irrigation and climate-smart agric...
May 2021

From May 24-27, the second edition of the Nuffic-funded OKP course ‘Enhancing knowledge and skills of extension workers and farmers in efficient irrigation and climate-sma [ ... ]

Read More
Egypt: Working on climate-smart agriculture soluti...
Apr 2021

‘Climate-smart agriculture and modern water management’ is a multiyear collaboration project between HollandDoor and Aeres University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands),  [ ... ]

Read More
Jordan: Strengthening vocational education to bol...
Feb 2021

The Agri-Food sector is an important source of growth, employment, and entrepreneurship for Jordan’s economy. However, for the sector to reach its full potential it needs  [ ... ]

Read More
Benin: Video conferencing enables weekly training...
Jan 2021

Some readers may be aware of the Nuffic-funded OKP project in Benin, in which we conduct training sessions in horticulture, irrigation, and animal production. We began this  [ ... ]

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Contributing to climate smart agriculture in Egypt
Oct 2020

HollandDoor contributes to an Egyptian agricultural program that builds the capacity of government bodies and educational institutions with regard to modern irrigation, wa [ ... ]

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Strenghtening horticulture in Jordan
Jul 2020

HollandDoor is granted permission for a 2-year program to strengthen the horticultural sector in Jordan. In this project, funded by Nuffic and the Dutch minist [ ... ]

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Effect of covid-19 pandemic: how do we move forwar...
Jul 2020

With the many trainings and programs we are conducting internationally, the outbreak of Covid19 has obviously created many challenges for the implementation of our activitie [ ... ]

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Update on India Training of Trainer project
Jun 2020

In earlier newsletters and via our website, we’ve informed you multiple times about the progress in our 3-year India project that HollandDoor started in 2018 in collaboratio [ ... ]

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Dutch study tour for vocational educational instit...
Mar 2020

In the first week of March 2020, HollandDoor supported a study tour for directors and principles of vocational educational centres and recourse centres in Belarus.The autonomy [ ... ]

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Kick-off of TVET revitalization program in Indones...
Feb 2020

In February 2020 the next step in the TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) revitalization program in Indonesia was kicked-off. After two years of piloting, the o [ ... ]

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HollandDoor in India also active in the dairy sect...
Feb 2020

The Dutch RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) has asked HollandDoor to organize four trainings on dairy farming in four different states in India.This is a so-called K2K (know [ ... ]

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Further training of teachers and deans in the BFA ...
Feb 2020

In mid-February 2020, for the second time, Bishoftu in Ethiopia was visited for the "Bright Future in Agriculture" (BFA) project.   The focus in the week in February wa [ ... ]

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TMT sustainable feed & waste management in the dai...
Jan 2020

At the beginning of 2020, HollandDoor started implementing training courses in Sri Lanka in the field of sustainable feed and waste management with the focus on dairy.   [ ... ]

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CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Jan 2020

Every year, the Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen University and Research (CDI-WUR), organizes the course “Market Access for Food and Nutritio [ ... ]

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ToT training in Jordan on greenhouse climate and I...
Sep 2019

In Jordan the sixth ToT (trainer to trainer) training of the HAED-Jo project was held in August this year. Topics of this training were Greenhouse Climate and Integrated  [ ... ]

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Chinese nursery sector shows continuous interest i...
Aug 2019

On the occasion of Plantarium, August 2019, a Chinese delegation under the leadership of Yang Kaiyun visited the Netherlands, Germany and Italy for a tree nursery business t [ ... ]

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HollandDoor supports Ethiopian education in the BF...
Jul 2019

Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA), which enhances employability and food security in Ethiopia through quality ATVETs (Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Tr [ ... ]

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Plant breeders' rights course visits Dutch flower ...
May 2019

Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Plant Breeders’ Rights for Food Security and Economic Development". To [ ... ]

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Strengthening vocational education in Indonesia
Apr 2019

In Indonesia, various projects have been started to strengthen education, to ensure better coordination between education and the professional field and to introduce new tea [ ... ]

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Second visit to the Netherlands for CS Lait Laval...
Mar 2019

For the second year in a row, the French school CS Lait Laval visited the Netherlands at the end of March. This new group of students took a one-week study tour, exploring the [ ... ]

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Training at the new greenhouse in Jordan Valley
Dec 2018

As part of the HAED-Jordan project, a new greenhouse at Abu Sido Farms in the Jordan Valley came into operation in November 2018. The greenhouse is quite modern for the J [ ... ]

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Training the staff of Colombian companies and the ...
Oct 2018

At the Utadeo Agricultural University near Bogota, Colombia, a demonstration project called “Horticentro Colombia-Holanda” using Dutch greenhouse technology was started in [ ... ]

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HollandDoor launches a new three-year horticultura...
Jun 2018

During the largest Dutch trade mission ever organized to India, from 22-25 May 2018, Mrs Carola Schouten (Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherla [ ... ]

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Training programs for three Greece Vocational High...
May 2018

Groups of 15-18 students and their mentors of Vocational High Schools of Athens, Dafni and Piraeus visited the Netherlands for two weeks in February, March and April-May respe [ ... ]

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Indian floriculture learns from Dutch developments
May 2018

In April 2018 a group of 12 persons from Centre of Excellence Talegaon Flower Staff and Saveer company, both from India, followed a course at the World Horti Centre in the Net [ ... ]

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FMach Italy students visit Dutch greenhouses
May 2018

Fondazione Edmund Mach, an agricultural research and education centre located in San Michele all'Adige (Trento) in Italy requested HollandDoor to organize a 1 day tailor-made  [ ... ]

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CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Apr 2018

Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market Access for Food Security”. The course is targeting on mid-ca [ ... ]

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Study tour for French students animal husbandry
Mar 2018

In March students from CS-Lait Laval, France, visited the Netherlands for a one-week study tour. They explored the developments on animal husbandry. The group was surpris [ ... ]

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Support Yezin Agricultural University in Myanmar w...
Feb 2018

With financial support from Nuffic, the Dutch organization for internationalization in education, HollandDoor supported Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) in M [ ... ]

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Chinese students submerged in Dutch horticultural ...
Jan 2018

42 Chinese students have visited the Netherlands for one month from 20 November onwards, in order to get acquainted with all the aspects of the Dutch horticultural sector. The [ ... ]

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Reconstructing the Jordanian horticulture sector
Jun 2017

(copy of article from Hortidaily of 21 September 2017)   In order to give a new impulse to Jordan's horticulture industry, an extensive training mission is currently in [ ... ]

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Improvement of the position of greenhouse horticul...
Jun 2017

The conflict in Syria has got major consequences for their neighboring country Jordan. Not only has the country provided shelter for an extremely high number of Syrian refugee [ ... ]

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AgroTie will boost the Horticultural sector in Kar...
May 2017

AgroTie, which is a private sector initiative, has the mission to strengthen the economical perspective of farmers and rural communities in Karnataka. Through knowledge, pract [ ... ]

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Potential Business Partners for Cadila Pharmaceuti...
Apr 2017

Cadila Pharmaceuticals is a Gujarat based company, which does business in the pharmaceutical and the agricultural sector. A trip to the Netherlands brought the Chairman o [ ... ]

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Vietnamese trainees eager to learn more about prot...
Apr 2017

With financial support from EP-Nuffic, an organisation which supports the international cooperation of education, HollandDoor successfully provided a 2-week-training course ab [ ... ]

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Krushik2017 India Fair: HollandDoor organizes part...
Jan 2017

Maharashtra Centre of Excellence Vegetables Since the autumn of 2016 the development and building of the "Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetable Production" has been i [ ... ]

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Market Access training for 56 participants from 14...
Jan 2016Market Access training for 56 participants from 14 countries

Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market access for sustainable development’’, which targets mid [ ... ]

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Chinese researchers informed on breeding of vegeta...
Jan 2016

In January a group of researchers from China participated in an intensive training program in the Netherlands in the field of breeding, propagation and the cultivation of vege [ ... ]

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Pre-conference Tour GMCC 2015
Nov 2015

On Tuesday 17th November HollandDoor organized on behalf of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group of Wageningen University the pre-conference tour of the 7th Inter [ ... ]

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Chinese teachers learn about Food Safety and Quali...
Aug 2015

In August, HollandDoor organized on request of Kenlog, a few training days about food safety and quality control in The Netherlands. The Chinese delegation existed of fou [ ... ]

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Annual Study Tour Farm Consultancy Group UK
Jun 2015

The Farm Consultancy Group (FCG, www.fcgagric.com) requested HollandDoor to organize their annual study tour from 22nd to 24th June. The FCG is a group of farm consultant [ ... ]

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International Business Immersion Program (IBIP) vi...
May 2015

The International Business Immersion Program (IBIP) of Illinois University from USA visits frequently The Netherlands when their tours target at Europe. The primary goal of IB [ ... ]

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HollandDoor supports Georgian agribusiness with Ta...
Jan 2015

Under the title "Enhancing entrepreneurship in Georgian agribusiness, based on the value chain approach" HollandDoor has trained two Georgian organisations in October 2014 and [ ... ]

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40 trainees from 15 countries visit SION and Green...
Nov 2014

HollandDoor organized at 18 November an excursion as part of course Market Access for Sustainable Development. This course for mid-career professionals is yearly organize [ ... ]

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Training for students of the Inner Mongolia Agricu...
Oct 2014

HollandDoor facilitated 2 trainings during summer 2014 for teachers of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and Henan Agricultural University. Both trainings were  [ ... ]

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Press Release: HollandDoor supports Kafrelsheik Un...
Sep 2014

Kafrelsheik University, which has 25,000 students, has occupied a prominent place in the Egyptian agriculture and horticulture sector for many decades. This year HollandDoor C [ ... ]

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Training for researchers from Henan Agricultural U...
Aug 2014

Between 3 and 17 August 2014, HollandDoor provided four days of training to a group of nine researchers from the Technical College of Henan Agricultural University ( [ ... ]

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Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agri...
Jul 2014Training 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& [ ... ]

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IMEC / High Tech Campus Eindhoven studies sensor u...
Apr 2014IMEC / High Tech Campus Eindhoven studies sensor usage in greenhouse horticulture

IMEC is a leading research institute in nanoelectronics. IMEC has offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA, China, India and Japan and has over 2080 employees. Click&n [ ... ]

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Japan National Research Project visits the Netherl...
Jan 2014

On 14 January HollandDoor organized a short tour for a Japanese National Research Project. A group of academic researchers visited the Netherlands to experience the current s [ ... ]

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Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agri...
Sep 2013

In cooperation with the EUC association from Grootebroek, a province of Noord-Holland (www.foundationeuc.nl), HollandDoor has organized a three-week training for 14 teachers f [ ... ]

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Van Hall Larenstein and HollandDoor train Indian a...
May 2013Van Hall Larenstein and HollandDoor train Indian agricultural advisors

The population in India is growing rapidly, causing an increasing demand for products such as cereals, rice, chocolate, flowers, vegetables and fruit. Meeting this demand [ ... ]

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“Bright Future in Agriculture” final conference in...
Mar 2023

On March 7 and 8, 2023, a closing conference of the BFA project was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The conference was attended by the partners and stakeholders representing  [ ... ]

Read More
Implementing practical education in Ethiopia
Jan 2023

At the beginning of November, HollandDoor visited Ethiopia with Mark Bos from Qpoint as part of the Bright Future in Agriculture project. Our focus this time was on implemen [ ... ]

Read More
OKP Project in Benin comes to an end
Dec 2022

At the end of 2022, we wrapped up the OKP (Orange Knowledge Programme) project in Benin.   In a final course given by an expert on didactics, we taught the 60 teach [ ... ]

Read More
Climate-proof and circular dairy farming in India
Oct 2022

In the “Climate-proof and circular dairy farming in India” project, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL) joined forces with HollandDoor to investigat [ ... ]

Read More
Innovating the value chain of Palestinian olives
Oct 2022

HollandDoor launched the inception phase of a new multi-year project in the olive oil sector in the Palestinian Territories. HollandDoor is leading a consortium of Palestini [ ... ]

Read More
Succesful demos of CowSignals® training in three I...
Oct 2022

Ocotober 2022, HollandDoor started giving on-site (live demo) CowSignals® training sessions in India. After two years of online training during the K2K (knowledge to knowle [ ... ]

Read More
Training on poultry and pedagogical and didactical...
Oct 2022

From 24 to 28 October 2022 the second training on poultry was offered to the 20 teachers of four technical agricultural schools of Kika, Banikoara, Ina et Natitingou in Be [ ... ]

Read More
Indian greenhouse farming - which regios to focus?
Oct 2022

On request of the Agricultural Department of the Dutch Embassy in New Delhi, HollandDoor developed an infographic focusing on greenhouse horticultural development trends in  [ ... ]

Read More
Webinars on horticulture in China
Oct 2022

To equip teachers at these vocational schools with the latest insights in modern and sustainable technologies in horticulture, it is important to update them regularly. That i [ ... ]

Read More
Korean CNU students visit Dutch greenhouse horticu...
Oct 2022

Chonnam National University (CNU) from South Korea asked HollandDoor to organize a 1-month tailor-made training event in the Netherlands for a group of 19 horticultural stud [ ... ]

Read More
Jordan: A Training of Trainers program comes to an...
Sep 2022

After two years training, of 16 Master Trainers and members of the Jordan Agricultural Engineers Association (JAEA), this Nuffic-funded HollandDoor program is coming to an e [ ... ]

Read More
Jordan: And the winners are......?
Sep 2022

In a previous newsletter, we already mentioned how Jordanian vocational students impressed us with their enthusiasm, creativity, and skills in identifying business opportuni [ ... ]

Read More
Practical training in goat farming and sheep husba...
Aug 2022

In August 2022, Lisanne Oskam and Ad Merks visited Benin for the Nuffic Orange Knowledge Programme Tailor-made Training+ Livestock. This project was organized by HollandDoor [ ... ]

Read More
Strong vocational education drives growth
Aug 2022

Indonesian delegation on study tour to learn from the Dutch (vocational) education system in the agro-sector.   For many years, Indonesia has attached great importanc [ ... ]

Read More
Practical training in poultry farming in Benin
Jul 2022

From July 12 to 5, 2022 training in poultry farming was offered to the teachers of four technical agricultural schools (LTAs) of Kika, Banikoara, Ina et Natitingou in Benin  [ ... ]

Read More
Benin Horti Training 2: converting theory into app...
Jun 2022

HollandDoor has been implementing an OKP TMT+ Project (Orange Knowledge Programme, Tailor-Made Training) in Benin since 2020, funded by Nuffic. The objective is to refresh a [ ... ]

Read More
Setting up agri-food industrial parks in Cambodia
Jun 2022

The Cambodian government, which intends to set up agri-food industrial parks in the country, decided to travel to the Netherlands to familiarize itself with different indust [ ... ]

Read More
Indonesia network event
Jun 2022

In June 2022, a large delegation of policymakers from the Ministry of Education In Indonesia, officials from the future vocational Centre of Excellence, and education profes [ ... ]

Read More
Training for female engineers in Iraq
May 2022

In mid-May, 20 female-only participants followed an inspiring training course in Iraq. The course was given in cooperation with the Dutch NGO ZOA Iraq and the Al Khiamiat Or [ ... ]

Read More
Egypt learns about climate-smart solutions
May 2022

Twelve Egyptian researchers, advisors, teachers, and entrepreneurs visited the Netherlands in May 2022 to gather ideas about best practices and solutions in climate-smart agri [ ... ]

Read More
Jordan: impressed by the future agro-engineers
Apr 2022

Enthusiastic, creative, knowledgeable and energetic: these are some of the characteristics of the young students we got to know from the Al-Farouq and Al Zamalieh vocational [ ... ]

Read More
Dairy training in Benin with motivated group
Apr 2022

April 2022, Ad Merrks from HollandDoor organized a practical dairy training in Benin. The four agricultural schools near Parakou expressed a keen interest in CowSignals [ ... ]

Read More
Training program in Jordan has entered a new phase
Feb 2022

The Nuffic-funded training program “Jordan's Horticulture: A business that matters” has just started its second phase. It involves training in the fields of hydroponics, a [ ... ]

Read More
Benin horticulture explores hydroponic cultivation
Feb 2022

In 2020, HollandDoor started an OKP TMT+ Project (Orange Knowledge Programme, Tailor- Made Training) in Benin to refresh and upgrade the vocational education capacities of tea [ ... ]

Read More
Revitalizing vocational education in Indonesia: me...
Feb 2022

Our HollandDoor newsletters have brought you regular updates on programs that aim to strengthen TVET education in Indonesia. Thanks to our strong partnerships with valuab [ ... ]

Read More
‘Work based learning’ study tour strengthens ties ...
Dec 2021

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, HollandDoor gave 14 visitors from Georgia a lively and inspiring study visit to the Netherlands in December 2021. The tour was commissioned by t [ ... ]

Read More
Jordan: Better job opportunities by linking educat...
Jul 2021

The agro-food sector can become an essential source of growth, employment, and entrepreneurship for Jordan's economy. However, to reach the potential and align with modern agr [ ... ]

Read More
Shanghai teachers respond enthusiastically to webi...
Jul 2021

Teachers at the Shanghai Vocational School in China are responsible for educating their students based on the latest insights of modern and sustainable horticultural productio [ ... ]

Read More
Indonesia: Win-win partnerships for vocational sch...
Jun 2021

Modern value chains are replacing traditional production supply chains in the agro-food sector. Increasingly, the focus is shifting towards sustainability, food safety, techno [ ... ]

Read More
Ethiopia: Superb online training interaction in BF...
Jun 2021

Our dairy specialist Lisanne Oskam has been involved in a project called the Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA). It’s a three-year project providing support to the Ethiopian [ ... ]

Read More
Indonesia: Strengthen students' entrepreneurial s...
May 2021

The agrofood sector is evolving fast with new technologies and innovations, while society’s food habits, preferences and requirements are changing on a global and local le [ ... ]

Read More
Benin: Livestock training for schools as part of N...
May 2021

In 2020, HollandDoor began livestock training sessions for agricultural schools in Benin. These sessions are related to the Nuffic OKP project on horticulture, irrigation an [ ... ]

Read More
Sri Lanka: Sustainable feed and waste management f...
May 2021

In 2020, HollandDoor started the ‘Sustainable feed & waste management in the dairy sector’ course in Sri Lanka on behalf of The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO: R [ ... ]

Read More
Sri Lanka and India: Improve your dairy business
May 2021

To strengthen the dairy sector, HollandDoor experts conducted lively online workshops in 2020 for dairy advisors and other professionals in Sri Lanka and India. We used a we [ ... ]

Read More
Iraq: Enhancing irrigation and climate-smart agric...
May 2021

From May 24-27, the second edition of the Nuffic-funded OKP course ‘Enhancing knowledge and skills of extension workers and farmers in efficient irrigation and climate-sma [ ... ]

Read More
Egypt: Working on climate-smart agriculture soluti...
Apr 2021

‘Climate-smart agriculture and modern water management’ is a multiyear collaboration project between HollandDoor and Aeres University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands),  [ ... ]

Read More
Jordan: Strengthening vocational education to bol...
Feb 2021

The Agri-Food sector is an important source of growth, employment, and entrepreneurship for Jordan’s economy. However, for the sector to reach its full potential it needs  [ ... ]

Read More
Benin: Video conferencing enables weekly training...
Jan 2021

Some readers may be aware of the Nuffic-funded OKP project in Benin, in which we conduct training sessions in horticulture, irrigation, and animal production. We began this  [ ... ]

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Contributing to climate smart agriculture in Egypt
Oct 2020

HollandDoor contributes to an Egyptian agricultural program that builds the capacity of government bodies and educational institutions with regard to modern irrigation, wa [ ... ]

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Strenghtening horticulture in Jordan
Jul 2020

HollandDoor is granted permission for a 2-year program to strengthen the horticultural sector in Jordan. In this project, funded by Nuffic and the Dutch minist [ ... ]

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Effect of covid-19 pandemic: how do we move forwar...
Jul 2020

With the many trainings and programs we are conducting internationally, the outbreak of Covid19 has obviously created many challenges for the implementation of our activitie [ ... ]

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Update on India Training of Trainer project
Jun 2020

In earlier newsletters and via our website, we’ve informed you multiple times about the progress in our 3-year India project that HollandDoor started in 2018 in collaboratio [ ... ]

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Dutch study tour for vocational educational instit...
Mar 2020

In the first week of March 2020, HollandDoor supported a study tour for directors and principles of vocational educational centres and recourse centres in Belarus.The autonomy [ ... ]

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Kick-off of TVET revitalization program in Indones...
Feb 2020

In February 2020 the next step in the TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) revitalization program in Indonesia was kicked-off. After two years of piloting, the o [ ... ]

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HollandDoor in India also active in the dairy sect...
Feb 2020

The Dutch RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) has asked HollandDoor to organize four trainings on dairy farming in four different states in India.This is a so-called K2K (know [ ... ]

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Further training of teachers and deans in the BFA ...
Feb 2020

In mid-February 2020, for the second time, Bishoftu in Ethiopia was visited for the "Bright Future in Agriculture" (BFA) project.   The focus in the week in February wa [ ... ]

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TMT sustainable feed & waste management in the dai...
Jan 2020

At the beginning of 2020, HollandDoor started implementing training courses in Sri Lanka in the field of sustainable feed and waste management with the focus on dairy.   [ ... ]

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CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Jan 2020

Every year, the Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen University and Research (CDI-WUR), organizes the course “Market Access for Food and Nutritio [ ... ]

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ToT training in Jordan on greenhouse climate and I...
Sep 2019

In Jordan the sixth ToT (trainer to trainer) training of the HAED-Jo project was held in August this year. Topics of this training were Greenhouse Climate and Integrated  [ ... ]

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Chinese nursery sector shows continuous interest i...
Aug 2019

On the occasion of Plantarium, August 2019, a Chinese delegation under the leadership of Yang Kaiyun visited the Netherlands, Germany and Italy for a tree nursery business t [ ... ]

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HollandDoor supports Ethiopian education in the BF...
Jul 2019

Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA), which enhances employability and food security in Ethiopia through quality ATVETs (Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Tr [ ... ]

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Plant breeders' rights course visits Dutch flower ...
May 2019

Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Plant Breeders’ Rights for Food Security and Economic Development". To [ ... ]

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Strengthening vocational education in Indonesia
Apr 2019

In Indonesia, various projects have been started to strengthen education, to ensure better coordination between education and the professional field and to introduce new tea [ ... ]

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Second visit to the Netherlands for CS Lait Laval...
Mar 2019

For the second year in a row, the French school CS Lait Laval visited the Netherlands at the end of March. This new group of students took a one-week study tour, exploring the [ ... ]

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Training at the new greenhouse in Jordan Valley
Dec 2018

As part of the HAED-Jordan project, a new greenhouse at Abu Sido Farms in the Jordan Valley came into operation in November 2018. The greenhouse is quite modern for the J [ ... ]

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Training the staff of Colombian companies and the ...
Oct 2018

At the Utadeo Agricultural University near Bogota, Colombia, a demonstration project called “Horticentro Colombia-Holanda” using Dutch greenhouse technology was started in [ ... ]

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HollandDoor launches a new three-year horticultura...
Jun 2018

During the largest Dutch trade mission ever organized to India, from 22-25 May 2018, Mrs Carola Schouten (Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherla [ ... ]

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Training programs for three Greece Vocational High...
May 2018

Groups of 15-18 students and their mentors of Vocational High Schools of Athens, Dafni and Piraeus visited the Netherlands for two weeks in February, March and April-May respe [ ... ]

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Indian floriculture learns from Dutch developments
May 2018

In April 2018 a group of 12 persons from Centre of Excellence Talegaon Flower Staff and Saveer company, both from India, followed a course at the World Horti Centre in the Net [ ... ]

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FMach Italy students visit Dutch greenhouses
May 2018

Fondazione Edmund Mach, an agricultural research and education centre located in San Michele all'Adige (Trento) in Italy requested HollandDoor to organize a 1 day tailor-made  [ ... ]

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CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Apr 2018

Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market Access for Food Security”. The course is targeting on mid-ca [ ... ]

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Study tour for French students animal husbandry
Mar 2018

In March students from CS-Lait Laval, France, visited the Netherlands for a one-week study tour. They explored the developments on animal husbandry. The group was surpris [ ... ]

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Support Yezin Agricultural University in Myanmar w...
Feb 2018

With financial support from Nuffic, the Dutch organization for internationalization in education, HollandDoor supported Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) in M [ ... ]

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Chinese students submerged in Dutch horticultural ...
Jan 2018

42 Chinese students have visited the Netherlands for one month from 20 November onwards, in order to get acquainted with all the aspects of the Dutch horticultural sector. The [ ... ]

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Reconstructing the Jordanian horticulture sector
Jun 2017

(copy of article from Hortidaily of 21 September 2017)   In order to give a new impulse to Jordan's horticulture industry, an extensive training mission is currently in [ ... ]

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Improvement of the position of greenhouse horticul...
Jun 2017

The conflict in Syria has got major consequences for their neighboring country Jordan. Not only has the country provided shelter for an extremely high number of Syrian refugee [ ... ]

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AgroTie will boost the Horticultural sector in Kar...
May 2017

AgroTie, which is a private sector initiative, has the mission to strengthen the economical perspective of farmers and rural communities in Karnataka. Through knowledge, pract [ ... ]

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Potential Business Partners for Cadila Pharmaceuti...
Apr 2017

Cadila Pharmaceuticals is a Gujarat based company, which does business in the pharmaceutical and the agricultural sector. A trip to the Netherlands brought the Chairman o [ ... ]

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Vietnamese trainees eager to learn more about prot...
Apr 2017

With financial support from EP-Nuffic, an organisation which supports the international cooperation of education, HollandDoor successfully provided a 2-week-training course ab [ ... ]

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Krushik2017 India Fair: HollandDoor organizes part...
Jan 2017

Maharashtra Centre of Excellence Vegetables Since the autumn of 2016 the development and building of the "Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetable Production" has been i [ ... ]

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Market Access training for 56 participants from 14...
Jan 2016Market Access training for 56 participants from 14 countries

Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market access for sustainable development’’, which targets mid [ ... ]

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Chinese researchers informed on breeding of vegeta...
Jan 2016

In January a group of researchers from China participated in an intensive training program in the Netherlands in the field of breeding, propagation and the cultivation of vege [ ... ]

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Pre-conference Tour GMCC 2015
Nov 2015

On Tuesday 17th November HollandDoor organized on behalf of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group of Wageningen University the pre-conference tour of the 7th Inter [ ... ]

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Chinese teachers learn about Food Safety and Quali...
Aug 2015

In August, HollandDoor organized on request of Kenlog, a few training days about food safety and quality control in The Netherlands. The Chinese delegation existed of fou [ ... ]

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Annual Study Tour Farm Consultancy Group UK
Jun 2015

The Farm Consultancy Group (FCG, www.fcgagric.com) requested HollandDoor to organize their annual study tour from 22nd to 24th June. The FCG is a group of farm consultant [ ... ]

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International Business Immersion Program (IBIP) vi...
May 2015

The International Business Immersion Program (IBIP) of Illinois University from USA visits frequently The Netherlands when their tours target at Europe. The primary goal of IB [ ... ]

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HollandDoor supports Georgian agribusiness with Ta...
Jan 2015

Under the title "Enhancing entrepreneurship in Georgian agribusiness, based on the value chain approach" HollandDoor has trained two Georgian organisations in October 2014 and [ ... ]

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40 trainees from 15 countries visit SION and Green...
Nov 2014

HollandDoor organized at 18 November an excursion as part of course Market Access for Sustainable Development. This course for mid-career professionals is yearly organize [ ... ]

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Training for students of the Inner Mongolia Agricu...
Oct 2014

HollandDoor facilitated 2 trainings during summer 2014 for teachers of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and Henan Agricultural University. Both trainings were  [ ... ]

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Press Release: HollandDoor supports Kafrelsheik Un...
Sep 2014

Kafrelsheik University, which has 25,000 students, has occupied a prominent place in the Egyptian agriculture and horticulture sector for many decades. This year HollandDoor C [ ... ]

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Training for researchers from Henan Agricultural U...
Aug 2014

Between 3 and 17 August 2014, HollandDoor provided four days of training to a group of nine researchers from the Technical College of Henan Agricultural University ( [ ... ]

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Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agri...
Jul 2014Training 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& [ ... ]

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IMEC / High Tech Campus Eindhoven studies sensor u...
Apr 2014IMEC / High Tech Campus Eindhoven studies sensor usage in greenhouse horticulture

IMEC is a leading research institute in nanoelectronics. IMEC has offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA, China, India and Japan and has over 2080 employees. Click&n [ ... ]

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Japan National Research Project visits the Netherl...
Jan 2014

On 14 January HollandDoor organized a short tour for a Japanese National Research Project. A group of academic researchers visited the Netherlands to experience the current s [ ... ]

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Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agri...
Sep 2013

In cooperation with the EUC association from Grootebroek, a province of Noord-Holland (www.foundationeuc.nl), HollandDoor has organized a three-week training for 14 teachers f [ ... ]

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Van Hall Larenstein and HollandDoor train Indian a...
May 2013Van Hall Larenstein and HollandDoor train Indian agricultural advisors

The population in India is growing rapidly, causing an increasing demand for products such as cereals, rice, chocolate, flowers, vegetables and fruit. Meeting this demand [ ... ]

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