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Sep 2024

The protected horticulture sector in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has expanded significantly over the past 15 years. Since 2007, the Bazian...

Sep 2024

With aspirations to become a key global food supplier, Thailand is actively working to foster innovation in its agricultural sector. The country is focusing on enhancing...

Aug 2024

South-Korean based company Inkium Co. Ltd. offers a wide range of knowledge services to strengthen human resource capacity of companies and organizations. Supported by the...

Aug 2024

A group of twelve teachers from Berusbildungzentrum Natur & Ernährung Luzern in Switzerland decided to make the most of their holiday by combining professional development...

Aug 2024

In March 2023, HollandDoor launched a TMT project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, entitled: "Strengthening, updating and rolling out practical agricultural...

Jul 2024

After successful editions in 2022 and 2023 , the Chonnam National University (CNU) in South Korea asked HollandDoor again to make a training program for her students. This...

Jun 2024

HollandDoor recently conducted a scoping mission to Vietnam on technical and vocational education (TVET) for aquaculture, where it explored educational cooperation...

Jun 2024

The UNDP is supporting the Government of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq to foster regional development. For the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, enhancing the...

Mar 2024

In some cases, physical training may not be possible due to safety concerns. But sometimes we offer blended training on purpose. This combines online and face-to-face...

Mar 2024

The study week in March 2024 as part of Nuffic 's Orange Knowledge Program, TMT+, was comprehensive and insightful, according to feedback received from eight master trainers...

Feb 2024

Hannes Lombard, a farm manager from North-West University in South Africa, recently completed a study tour in Jordan and the Netherlands. The university has a model farm in...

Jan 2024

For some time now, HollandDoor has been involved in the development of the online Dairy Training Center (DTC) in Sri Lanka. This initiative was set up by the Embassy of the...

Jan 2024

In September 2023 we started a new project in Indonesia in sustainable aquaculture and agribusiness, in collaboration with our Indonesian partners BBPPMPV Cianjur and IPB...

Dec 2023

You may be aware of our longstanding involvement in revitalizing vocational education and training in Indonesia for a number of years. Though it has been almost a year since...

Dec 2023

Two years after the first meeting with the board of the Lebanese organization LOST , HollandDoor has started to work with a team of specialists to strengthen the capacity on...

Dec 2023

To expand HollandDoor’s reach in specific regions or networks, we have decided to start working with affiliated partners. An affiliated partner is a professional who lives...

Nov 2023

South Korean-based company Inkium Co. Ltd. , known for its extensive range of knowledge services, plays an important role in enhancing the human resource capacity of...

Nov 2023

HollandDoor received a request from Dalum Landbrugsskole (Dalum LS), based in Odense Denmark, to organize a two and a half day-long intensive study tour program for a group...

Sep 2023

The Republic of Moldova has been working on modernizing its agriculture for years. Against that background, HollandDoor organised a learning and inspiration study tour on...

Aug 2023

We mainly share our experiences about our training courses and study tours. In the summer of 2023, however, we spent our time also in a different way. Together with several...

Aug 2023

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...

Jun 2023

Almost three years ago, HollandDoor started to conduct CowSignals® training activities in India. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first sessions were held online, but for...

May 2023

Indonesia is an agricultural country where most of the people work as farmers. The quality of human resources (HR) in agriculture can be strengthened through education at...

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...

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 teachers from...

Nov 2022

At the beginning of November, Lisanne Oskam of HollandDoor visited Ethiopia together with Mark Bos from Qpoint as part of the Bright Future in Agriculture project. The focus...

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 investigate...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sep 2022

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

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...

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 importance to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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®,...

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,...

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...

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 valuable...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

Apr 2021

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

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...

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...

Oct 2020

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

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 ministry of foreign...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 was...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Jul 2019

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Oct 2018

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-career...

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 surprised...

Feb 2018

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

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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 of...

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...

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 in...

Jan 2016

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

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...

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...

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 four...

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 consultants...

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...

May 2015

HollandDoor organized on request of Dr. Bruce Dunn of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department van Oklahoma State University , a tailor-made horti study tour...

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...

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 organized...

Oct 2014

Ho llandDoor facilitated 2 trainings during summer 2014 for teachers of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and Henan Agricultural University . Both trainings were 4...

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...

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 (HAU) in...

Jul 2014

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...

Apr 2014

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...

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...

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...

May 2013

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...

Sep 2024

The protected horticulture sector in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has expanded significantly over the past 15 years. Since 2007, the Bazian...

Sep 2024

With aspirations to become a key global food supplier, Thailand is actively working to foster innovation in its agricultural sector. The country is focusing on enhancing...

Aug 2024

South-Korean based company Inkium Co. Ltd. offers a wide range of knowledge services to strengthen human resource capacity of companies and organizations. Supported by the...

Aug 2024

A group of twelve teachers from Berusbildungzentrum Natur & Ernährung Luzern in Switzerland decided to make the most of their holiday by combining professional development...

Aug 2024

In March 2023, HollandDoor launched a TMT project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, entitled: "Strengthening, updating and rolling out practical agricultural...

Jul 2024

After successful editions in 2022 and 2023 , the Chonnam National University (CNU) in South Korea asked HollandDoor again to make a training program for her students. This...

Jun 2024

HollandDoor recently conducted a scoping mission to Vietnam on technical and vocational education (TVET) for aquaculture, where it explored educational cooperation...

Jun 2024

The UNDP is supporting the Government of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq to foster regional development. For the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, enhancing the...

Mar 2024

In some cases, physical training may not be possible due to safety concerns. But sometimes we offer blended training on purpose. This combines online and face-to-face...

Mar 2024

The study week in March 2024 as part of Nuffic 's Orange Knowledge Program, TMT+, was comprehensive and insightful, according to feedback received from eight master trainers...

Feb 2024

Hannes Lombard, a farm manager from North-West University in South Africa, recently completed a study tour in Jordan and the Netherlands. The university has a model farm in...

Jan 2024

For some time now, HollandDoor has been involved in the development of the online Dairy Training Center (DTC) in Sri Lanka. This initiative was set up by the Embassy of the...

Jan 2024

In September 2023 we started a new project in Indonesia in sustainable aquaculture and agribusiness, in collaboration with our Indonesian partners BBPPMPV Cianjur and IPB...

Dec 2023

You may be aware of our longstanding involvement in revitalizing vocational education and training in Indonesia for a number of years. Though it has been almost a year since...

Dec 2023

Two years after the first meeting with the board of the Lebanese organization LOST , HollandDoor has started to work with a team of specialists to strengthen the capacity on...

Dec 2023

To expand HollandDoor’s reach in specific regions or networks, we have decided to start working with affiliated partners. An affiliated partner is a professional who lives...

Nov 2023

South Korean-based company Inkium Co. Ltd. , known for its extensive range of knowledge services, plays an important role in enhancing the human resource capacity of...

Nov 2023

HollandDoor received a request from Dalum Landbrugsskole (Dalum LS), based in Odense Denmark, to organize a two and a half day-long intensive study tour program for a group...

Sep 2023

The Republic of Moldova has been working on modernizing its agriculture for years. Against that background, HollandDoor organised a learning and inspiration study tour on...

Aug 2023

We mainly share our experiences about our training courses and study tours. In the summer of 2023, however, we spent our time also in a different way. Together with several...

Aug 2023

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...

Jun 2023

Almost three years ago, HollandDoor started to conduct CowSignals® training activities in India. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first sessions were held online, but for...

May 2023

Indonesia is an agricultural country where most of the people work as farmers. The quality of human resources (HR) in agriculture can be strengthened through education at...

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...

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 teachers from...

Nov 2022

At the beginning of November, Lisanne Oskam of HollandDoor visited Ethiopia together with Mark Bos from Qpoint as part of the Bright Future in Agriculture project. The focus...

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 investigate...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sep 2022

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

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...

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 importance to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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®,...

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,...

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...

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 valuable...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

Apr 2021

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

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...

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...

Oct 2020

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

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 ministry of foreign...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 was...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Jul 2019

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Oct 2018

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-career...

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 surprised...

Feb 2018

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

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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 of...

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...

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 in...

Jan 2016

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

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...

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...

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 four...

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 consultants...

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...

May 2015

HollandDoor organized on request of Dr. Bruce Dunn of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department van Oklahoma State University , a tailor-made horti study tour...

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...

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 organized...

Oct 2014

Ho llandDoor facilitated 2 trainings during summer 2014 for teachers of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and Henan Agricultural University . Both trainings were 4...

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...

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 (HAU) in...

Jul 2014

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...

Apr 2014

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...

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...

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...

May 2013

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...