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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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With CowSignals® at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Punja...
Feb 2023

In early February 2023, HollandDoor was at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Ludhiana, organized by the Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (PDFA) from Punjab. The Dairy &  [ ... ]

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Training for female extension workers in Iraq
Jan 2023

Twenty-five female extension workers received their second training in Anbar, Iraq, in January 2023. The training had a special focus on extension work and extension skills. [ ... ]

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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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Linking agricultural cooperatives and the market i...
Nov 2022

Linking agricultural cooperatives with the private sector and the market is high on the agenda of the Cambodian government. In November 2022, HollandDoor organized and gui [ ... ]

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Registration open for practical training "Greenhou...
Nov 2022

HollandDoor is initiating a practical greenhouse vegetable cultivation training titled “The Eye of the Grower”. It targets on those who want to expand their theoretical  [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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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New Zealand Frost Fans to blow its way into Dutch ...
Oct 2022

On request of New Zealand Frost Fans (NZFF), HollandDoor organized an intensive, two-day business matchmaking program on October 17-18, 2022, for Mr. Chris Kay (Manager of M [ ... ]

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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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Alentejo Region of Portugal links with Dutch horti...
Sep 2022

On request of CH Business Consulting, HollandDoor organized a two-day intensive business matchmaking program on September 12-13, 2022, for Mr. Joao Coelho (NERBE Alentejo) a [ ... ]

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Lur Berri cooperative from France studies Dutch ag...
Sep 2022

Sovat Agri Pass asked HollandDoor to organize a four-day study tour program for the Lur Berri Cooperative Group from the Bordeaux region of France, which took place from Sun [ ... ]

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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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Successful online training on dairy farming in Ind...
Nov 2021

Last year HollandDoor proved that the CowSignals® platform is an effective method for training of Indian dairy professionals online on how to improve health and milk producti [ ... ]

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Value chain and agri-business development training...
Oct 2021

HollandDoor and ZOA are jointly implementing a Nuffic-funded program called “Enhancing the knowledge and skills of extension workers and farmers in efficient irrigation and  [ ... ]

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Jordanian experts notice the power of collaboratio...
Oct 2021

As part of the two-year Nuffic training program for experts from Jordan, HollandDoor organized (in late October 2021) a nine-day ‘inspiration’ tour to the Netherlands –  [ ... ]

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Improving food safety and water efficient producti...
Oct 2021

After a long period of only being able to hold courses online due to COVID-19, in the first week of October 2021, HollandDoor trainers were finally able to conduct a training  [ ... ]

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First online, practical dairy training in Sri Lank...
Sep 2021

Nearly 120 dairy farmers, farm managers, extension officers and other professionals in the fast-developing dairy sector in Sri Lanka have successfully completed a training cou [ ... ]

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Liberia: supporting the Farmers Union Network
Jul 2021

HollandDoor has the experience and skills to strengthen the capacity of farmers’ organizations. Within the framework of a training and coaching program by BE Link Academy on [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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),  [ ... ]

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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  [ ... ]

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Vietnam farmers ready for water recycling technol...
Feb 2021

After wrapping up a feasibility study with Fresh Studio and Ridder Growing Solutions, HollandDoor’s Geerten Van der Lugt and Jos Leeters concluded that the greenhouse cult [ ... ]

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India training-of-trainers project reaches new mi...
Feb 2021

The latest update of our three-year India project to realize market-driven greenhouse vegetable production came in July 2020. This project started in 2018 in collaboration b [ ... ]

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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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Successful start of the CowSignals® online trainin...
Oct 2020

In India last month, HollandDoor started the first online CowSignals® advisor trainings. We organized these trainings online together with the Dutch Embassy in Delhi and  [ ... ]

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Train the trainer project in Iraq granted
Oct 2020

Nuffic granted HollandDoor an OKP plus (Orange Knowledge Programme) for a train the trainers project in the Anbar Region of Iraq. The project will be carried out with pr [ ... ]

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Members of HollandDoor join team of HortiXperts
Oct 2020

Dutch horticulture has a lot to offer, and you can experience this at World Horti Center! It’s the knowledge and innovation center of the international greenhouse hor [ ... ]

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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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HollandDoor starts CowSignals training for dairy p...
Jun 2020

As part of the K2K (knowledge to knowledge) program in India, HollandDoor, together with the Dutch Embassy and RVO, is planning an (online) CowSignals training. Depending on t [ ... ]

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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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Zonguldak Province of Turkey visits Dutch horticul...
Dec 2019

Western Black Sea Region Development Agency (Bakka) requested HollandDoor to organize a dedicated intensive three-day study tour program for a delegation of high-ranking offic [ ... ]

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Market opportunities for Dutch greenhouse industry...
Dec 2019

“Analyze the market potential for Dutch vegetable greenhouse technology, services and knowhow”: that was the request from HollandDoor to Akash Pawar, an Indian student, st [ ... ]

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Effective trainings in integrated pest management ...
Dec 2019

For the second year in a row, HollandDoor was project manager, on behalf of Lentiz Cursus and Consult, for Integrated pest management trainings for protected and open field ve [ ... ]

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Postharvest and tissue culture in the spotlights d...
Nov 2019

The Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombo and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) have collaborated to conduct a study visit to the Netherlands late November 2019 with 15  [ ... ]

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Indian delegation from Madhya Pradesh interested i...
Nov 2019

For many years already, HollandDoor has maintained a good relationship with Jains Irrigation from India, one of the global market leaders in irrigation equipment.   In  [ ... ]

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Japanese strawberry sector keeps visiting Dutch co...
Oct 2019

Greenbridge International managed by Mr. Yu Mizuki supports Japanese companies and individuals who want to do business with Europe and especially The Netherlands. In 2018,  [ ... ]

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Bangladesh government continues to study Dutch agr...
Oct 2019

In 2018, HollandDoor organized at the request of Kernel International, based in Dhaka Bangladesh, three short tailor-made study tours for the Ministry of Agriculture of B [ ... ]

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Danish farmers union visits the Netherlands
Sep 2019

The Danish farmers union Vestjysk has asked HollandDoor to organize a 2-day visit to the Netherlands to take a closer look at a number of sectors. The participants visited a  [ ... ]

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Moldova wishes to step into strawberry substrate f...
Sep 2019

HollandDoor guided a Moldovan delegation visiting the Netherlands to learn how to grow strawberries on substrate. In a full week program in September 2019, the participants  [ ... ]

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Next steps in the development of the tomato area i...
Sep 2019

In May eight stakeholders (farmer, traders, government employees, and consultants) related to the Narayangaon APMC market visited the Netherlands (read more). During this trip [ ... ]

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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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Chinese tree nursery sector ready for change
Jul 2019

In June 2019, for the fifth year in a row, a Chinese tree nursery delegation visited the Netherlands under the leadership of Mr. Wang Jianming for a two-week study tour. The g [ ... ]

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Czech group of farmers learn about Green Circles
Jun 2019

In June a group of 23 farmers from the Association of Private Farming of the Czech Republic visited the Green Heart in the Netherlands. This was made possible by the Ag [ ... ]

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Study tour CREA Santa Isabel, Argentina
Jun 2019

From June 2nd to June 8th, 2019 a group of ten Argentinean agribusiness companies, known as CREA Santa Isabel, toured throughout the Netherlands. In Argentina this CREA grou [ ... ]

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Value chain exposure visit of tomato stakeholders ...
Jun 2019

In the week of May 27, various stakeholders of the tomato supply chain in the Narayangaon region in Maharastrha, India visited the Netherlands for an intensive study tour. A [ ... ]

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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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Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture continues to st...
May 2019

In 2018, HollandDoor organized three day-long tailor-made study tours for the Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh on themes such as “Mechanized Cropping”; “Vegetable [ ... ]

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Third training for staff of AgroTie and AgroStar
May 2019

AgroTie is a training and service center located near Bangalore, India. It is a private sector initiative, with the mission to strengthen the economical perspective of farme [ ... ]

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Vietnamese farmers focus on climate smart horticul...
Apr 2019

A group of six farmers from southern Vietnam visited the Netherlands and conducted a full-week study tour on the theme ‘climate smart horticulture’. Business Support App [ ... ]

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Working towards modern horticultural practices in ...
Apr 2019

In 2018 HollandDoor started a 3-year project in India in collaboration with the Center of Excellence (see Launch protected cultivation vegetable project). The main objective [ ... ]

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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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Integrated pest management training in Sri Lanka
Mar 2019

On behalf of Lentiz, HollandDoor organized, for the second year, a series of workshops on Integrated Pest Management in Sri Lanka. The five workshops are organized by the De [ ... ]

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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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Precision Farming study tour for Danish Farmers A...
Feb 2019

Danish Farmers Abroad is an association of large international agricultural companies, suppliers of agricultural equipment and production means and private persons with a spec [ ... ]

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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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Greenbridge and HollandDoor intensify co-operati...
Dec 2018

Greenbridge International supports Japanese companies and individuals who want to do business with Europe, especially the Netherlands. HollandDoor and Greenbridge work to [ ... ]

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AgroTie, a new center of horticultural expertise i...
Dec 2018

After a long period of preparation, exchange of ideas, exploring the needs of the market, recruiting staff, visits to the Netherlands, and planning by a board of experts, the  [ ... ]

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Successful first Sino-Dutch tree nursery trainin...
Dec 2018

Since 2015 we organized every year a two-week business tour for Chinese tree nursery companies. The initiator on the Chinese side is Mr. Wang Jianming, the owner of Handan Cit [ ... ]

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Training-of-Trainer project successfully started a...
Nov 2018

In 2017, the Baramati Agricultural Development Trust, together with the Indian government, invested in a highly innovative Centre of Excellence (CoE) for vegetables, the first [ ... ]

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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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South Korean growers receive intensive tour and tr...
Oct 2018

Aeres received a large group of South Korean strawberry and tomato growers as well as dairy farmers for a tailor-made tour and training program. Agriprogress was sub-contracte [ ... ]

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Spanish delegation informed about new energy
Sep 2018

At the end of September, a delegation from the Spanish cooperative Coren visited the Netherlands. HollandDoor organized a 2 day study tour on the subject New Energy. Comp [ ... ]

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Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development,...
Jul 2018

July 2018 HollandDoor held the third ToT (train the trainer) training for the HAED (Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development) project in Jordan. The training focussed [ ... ]

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German-Iranian association interested in Dutch gre...
Jun 2018

Top Messe Service, located in Berlin, Germany, requested HollandDoor to organise a one day tailor-made horticultural tour for a delegation of the German-Iranian Cham [ ... ]

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Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture visits the Neth...
Jun 2018

In February, May and June HollandDoor was requested by Kernel International to organize a one day tailor-made study tour for three high-ranked delegations from various departm [ ... ]

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Chinese tree nursery tour 2018
Jun 2018

For the fourth year in succession we organized a 2 week business tour for Chinese tree nursery companies. Initiator on the Chinese side is the owner of Handan city Qicaiyuanli [ ... ]

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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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Study tour for 40 Indian farmers from Madhya Prade...
Apr 2018

From 18 to 22 April 2018 a group of 40 Indian farmers from the state of Madhya Pradesh (central India) visited the Netherlands for a diverse program of farm visits. The farmer [ ... ]

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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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HollandDoor meets Indian Agro Industry at the Krus...
Jan 2018

HollandDoor participated from 19-22 January 2018 for the second time at the Krushik Expo organized by the Agricultural Development Trust and KV [ ... ]

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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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Giving a boost to IHITC
Dec 2017

The International Horticulture Innovation and Training Center (IHITC) located in Jaipur, is a governmental organization with the aim to collect and disseminate knowledge  [ ... ]

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Impressive opening of Center of Excellence, Barama...
Nov 2017

On 2 November 2017, the Maharashtra Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables, built at KVK, Baramati, was officially opened by a group of high-ranking Indian and Dutch offici [ ... ]

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Feeding Indian expanding cities
Oct 2017

Every year in October, the Dutch consulate in Mumbai organizes the “Holland meets Mumbai” event. The population of India is growing, whereas the available agricultural lan [ ... ]

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European Nitrate Directive in the Netherlands
Oct 2017

HollandDoor welcomed a group of civil servants from the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, who were guests of Sweco in the Netherlands. The gr [ ... ]

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Innovations in plant factory practices
Sep 2017

Developments in plant factory practices have a lot of interest. Whether this is embedded in urban farming or in industrial applications, many people are interested in the pote [ ... ]

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Georgian farmers and cooperatives acquaint with Du...
Sep 2017

CARE International in the Caucasus, supports farmers from the western part of Georgia by introducing modern agricultural practices and it stimulates cooperative models. These  [ ... ]

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Zespri delegation visits fruit growers in the Neth...
Aug 2017

Zespri International Limited is a consumer-driven, grower-owned company dedicated to the global marketing of kiwifruit. In August 2017, HollandDoor had a d [ ... ]

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Chinese Tree nursery Business Tour in June 2017
Jun 2017

The Chinese tree nursery sector is rapidly changing. Labor costs are rising and the number of large governmental projects is decreasing. This leads to increased interests from [ ... ]

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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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Barbados’ agricultural ministry is being inspired ...
Apr 2017

Minister-president Marc Rutte visited Cuba as a representor of the Dutch Caribbean Isle’s in June 2016. He spoke with Barbados’ head of government. This Caribbean isle has [ ... ]

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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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Local government Nagasaka, Japan, would like to mo...
Feb 2017

For years HollandDoor has had a very good relationship with Inochio Group Japan (www.inochio.co.jp). They are an important partner in the Japanese horticulture sector. On a re [ ... ]

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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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Gadot Israel visits the Dutch horticultural secto...
Jan 2017

At the request of Gadot Agro from Israel, HollandDoor organized a short tailor made visitation program for two of their employees. The program offered them insight and informa [ ... ]

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Technical training for grape growers from Sangli, ...
Jan 2017

Sangli, a region in the state of Maharashtra in India, is an area where the grape culture is extremely important. Only second after the Nashik region, Sangli has the largest g [ ... ]

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Six-week training for CoE’s staff.
Nov 2016

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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Chinese tree nursery companies visit Europe for a ...
Oct 2016

In the summer of 2015 a study tour was successfully organised by HollandDoor. This tour was arranged for a group of 16 top entrepreneurs from the Chinese tree nursery. The Net [ ... ]

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India Training Group at Demokwekerij Westland
Sep 2016

The staff of an Indian company have undergone a super intensive course during the summer. Some took a 1-month-training others even took a 2-month-training. These courses took  [ ... ]

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Delegation of Maharashtra government, chaired by M...
Jul 2016

Sharad Pawar Mr Sharad Pawar is member of the India parliament and president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian Nati [ ... ]

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HollandDoor assists with the switch from grapes to...
Jul 2016

JSC Bagrationi 1882 is the market leader for sparkling wines in Georgia. The grapes which are necessary for the production of these wines are grown by the company itself. In o [ ... ]

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Asia interested in Dutch greenhouse and installati...
Apr 2016

Asian countries are investing in their agricultural sector and intend to develop their greenhouse horticultural sector. GPI Consultancy, who is active in the ICT offshore (out [ ... ]

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Albanian agro microfinance delegation learns from ...
Mar 2016

JICA (Japan International Corporation Agency / (www.jica.go.jp) contacted the services of PlaNet Finance Japan (PFJ / www.planetfinance.or.jp) to implement the research of the [ ... ]

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Georgian Farmers Association benefits from Holland...
Feb 2016

Since 2014 HollandDoor is involved in the agricultural sector in Georgia and built a relationship with the Georgian Farmers Association (GFA). In February 2016 HollandDoor, to [ ... ]

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UTZ country representatives trigger their mindsets...
Jan 2016UTZ country representatives trigger their mindsets by visiting Dutch high-tech greenhouse

UTZ (www.utz.org), who is known for its ongoing efforts to make this world more sustainable, requested HollandDoor to organize an inspiring visit to a high-tech Dutch greenhou [ ... ]

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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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Vietnamese informed on trends and best practices i...
Dec 2015

In May 2015, HollandDoor organized on request of the Center for High-Tech Application and Development in Agriculture (HTES) in Hanoi, Vietnam, a tailor-made training on Expo [ ... ]

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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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Potential new partner of DS Group visits India
Oct 2015

Early 2015, Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group / www.dsgroup.com) from India approached HollandDoor to assist in their
search for a Dutch joint-business development partn [ ... ]

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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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DS Group India searches Dutch joint-business partn...
Aug 2015DS Group India searches Dutch joint-business partner to produce essential flower oils.

Early 2015, Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group / www.dsgroup.com) from India approached HollandDoor to assist in their search for a Dutch joint-business development partner.&n [ ... ]

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Study tour on advocacy and collective marketing fo...
Jul 2015

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 i [ ... ]

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Chinese tree nursery business visit to Europe
Jul 2015

During the past 10 years the tree nursery sector in China has increased rapidly, as well in number as in size of the companies. The top entrepreneurs of the Chinese tree nurse [ ... ]

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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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Export promotion course for Vietnamese fruit and v...
May 2015Export 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 internat [ ... ]

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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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Cuba agriculture reform committee studies Dutch ag...
Dec 2014

The Dutch embassy in Cuba requested HollandDoor to organize a tailormade study trip of 1 week for 4 members of the Cuban agricultural reform committee: Mr. Roberto Ramón [ ... ]

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Windset Farms visits Arava District, Israel
Nov 2014

Windset Farms from USA and Canada requested HollandDoor to organize a tailor made study trip to the Arava District in Israel.   Mr. Steven Newell (CEO) and Mr [ ... ]

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New Hope Liuhe China delegation visits pork compan...
Nov 2014

Hypor (Hendrix Genetics) requested HollandDoor to organize a study tour on Friday 21 November for a Chinese management delegation of New Hope Liuhe. The managers of New Hope L [ ... ]

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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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Successful Moldova Trademission to The Netherland...
Oct 2014

An agricultural trademission from Moldova visited in period of 13 until 17 October Belgium and The Netherlands. This roadshow was initiated by CCI (Moldavan chamber  [ ... ]

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Guatemala development program
Oct 2014

From 6 to 18 October, a delegation from Guatemala studied the European system of quality and phytosanitary control. The aim was to develop a common control system for the Cent [ ... ]

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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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Shandong Province Agro delegation visits the Nethe...
Aug 2014

CECEC Rotterdam requested HollandDoor to organize a tailor-made excursion on Thursday 9 October for a Chinese agro delegation from Shandong Province. The delegation consi [ ... ]

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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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Equalance Suriname studies feasibility of greenhou...
Jun 2014

Greenhouse vegetable production is becoming more popular in Surinam. The Zeister Zendings genootschap (ZZg) from the Netherlands and its Surinam partner Equalance want to supp [ ... ]

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Colombian flowergrowers visit Dutch colleagues
Jun 2014

On 13 June HollandDoor organized an excursion for Colombian cut flower growers from Agricola El Cactus. They mainly produce carnations and roses. The guests were ver [ ... ]

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HollandDoor organizes excursion for Minimaster cou...
Apr 2014HollandDoor organizes excursion for Minimaster course

Demokwekerij Westland organized in cooperation with Lentiz Cursus en Consult and HortiBedrijfsschool the course "Minimaster Technic and Maintenance Horticulture". HollandDoor  [ ... ]

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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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Dieffenbachia and Aglaonema cultivation knowledge ...
Feb 2014

Gadot Agro from Israel requested HollandDoor to organize a short tailored study trip for its relation Atzmona. A major objective of this visit was to familiarize Atzmona  [ ... ]

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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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Delegation from Gambella Ethiopia visits the Nethe...
Dec 2013

In late December 2013, a government delegation from the Gambella region of Ethiopia visited the Netherlands. HollandDoor organized an introduction program at the request of Go [ ... ]

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Greenhouse horticulture interest in North Portugal
Dec 2013Greenhouse horticulture interest in North Portugal

HollandDoor organized a three-day familiarization tour for an investor from North Portugal that wanted to evaluate the business opportunities of investing in greenhouse hortic [ ... ]

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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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“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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With CowSignals® at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Punja...
Feb 2023

In early February 2023, HollandDoor was at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Ludhiana, organized by the Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (PDFA) from Punjab. The Dairy &  [ ... ]

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Training for female extension workers in Iraq
Jan 2023

Twenty-five female extension workers received their second training in Anbar, Iraq, in January 2023. The training had a special focus on extension work and extension skills. [ ... ]

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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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Linking agricultural cooperatives and the market i...
Nov 2022

Linking agricultural cooperatives with the private sector and the market is high on the agenda of the Cambodian government. In November 2022, HollandDoor organized and gui [ ... ]

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Registration open for practical training "Greenhou...
Nov 2022

HollandDoor is initiating a practical greenhouse vegetable cultivation training titled “The Eye of the Grower”. It targets on those who want to expand their theoretical  [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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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New Zealand Frost Fans to blow its way into Dutch ...
Oct 2022

On request of New Zealand Frost Fans (NZFF), HollandDoor organized an intensive, two-day business matchmaking program on October 17-18, 2022, for Mr. Chris Kay (Manager of M [ ... ]

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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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Alentejo Region of Portugal links with Dutch horti...
Sep 2022

On request of CH Business Consulting, HollandDoor organized a two-day intensive business matchmaking program on September 12-13, 2022, for Mr. Joao Coelho (NERBE Alentejo) a [ ... ]

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Lur Berri cooperative from France studies Dutch ag...
Sep 2022

Sovat Agri Pass asked HollandDoor to organize a four-day study tour program for the Lur Berri Cooperative Group from the Bordeaux region of France, which took place from Sun [ ... ]

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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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Successful online training on dairy farming in Ind...
Nov 2021

Last year HollandDoor proved that the CowSignals® platform is an effective method for training of Indian dairy professionals online on how to improve health and milk producti [ ... ]

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Value chain and agri-business development training...
Oct 2021

HollandDoor and ZOA are jointly implementing a Nuffic-funded program called “Enhancing the knowledge and skills of extension workers and farmers in efficient irrigation and  [ ... ]

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Jordanian experts notice the power of collaboratio...
Oct 2021

As part of the two-year Nuffic training program for experts from Jordan, HollandDoor organized (in late October 2021) a nine-day ‘inspiration’ tour to the Netherlands –  [ ... ]

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Improving food safety and water efficient producti...
Oct 2021

After a long period of only being able to hold courses online due to COVID-19, in the first week of October 2021, HollandDoor trainers were finally able to conduct a training  [ ... ]

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First online, practical dairy training in Sri Lank...
Sep 2021

Nearly 120 dairy farmers, farm managers, extension officers and other professionals in the fast-developing dairy sector in Sri Lanka have successfully completed a training cou [ ... ]

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Liberia: supporting the Farmers Union Network
Jul 2021

HollandDoor has the experience and skills to strengthen the capacity of farmers’ organizations. Within the framework of a training and coaching program by BE Link Academy on [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

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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),  [ ... ]

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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  [ ... ]

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Vietnam farmers ready for water recycling technol...
Feb 2021

After wrapping up a feasibility study with Fresh Studio and Ridder Growing Solutions, HollandDoor’s Geerten Van der Lugt and Jos Leeters concluded that the greenhouse cult [ ... ]

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India training-of-trainers project reaches new mi...
Feb 2021

The latest update of our three-year India project to realize market-driven greenhouse vegetable production came in July 2020. This project started in 2018 in collaboration b [ ... ]

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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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Successful start of the CowSignals® online trainin...
Oct 2020

In India last month, HollandDoor started the first online CowSignals® advisor trainings. We organized these trainings online together with the Dutch Embassy in Delhi and  [ ... ]

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Train the trainer project in Iraq granted
Oct 2020

Nuffic granted HollandDoor an OKP plus (Orange Knowledge Programme) for a train the trainers project in the Anbar Region of Iraq. The project will be carried out with pr [ ... ]

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Members of HollandDoor join team of HortiXperts
Oct 2020

Dutch horticulture has a lot to offer, and you can experience this at World Horti Center! It’s the knowledge and innovation center of the international greenhouse hor [ ... ]

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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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HollandDoor starts CowSignals training for dairy p...
Jun 2020

As part of the K2K (knowledge to knowledge) program in India, HollandDoor, together with the Dutch Embassy and RVO, is planning an (online) CowSignals training. Depending on t [ ... ]

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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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Zonguldak Province of Turkey visits Dutch horticul...
Dec 2019

Western Black Sea Region Development Agency (Bakka) requested HollandDoor to organize a dedicated intensive three-day study tour program for a delegation of high-ranking offic [ ... ]

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Market opportunities for Dutch greenhouse industry...
Dec 2019

“Analyze the market potential for Dutch vegetable greenhouse technology, services and knowhow”: that was the request from HollandDoor to Akash Pawar, an Indian student, st [ ... ]

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Effective trainings in integrated pest management ...
Dec 2019

For the second year in a row, HollandDoor was project manager, on behalf of Lentiz Cursus and Consult, for Integrated pest management trainings for protected and open field ve [ ... ]

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Postharvest and tissue culture in the spotlights d...
Nov 2019

The Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombo and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) have collaborated to conduct a study visit to the Netherlands late November 2019 with 15  [ ... ]

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Indian delegation from Madhya Pradesh interested i...
Nov 2019

For many years already, HollandDoor has maintained a good relationship with Jains Irrigation from India, one of the global market leaders in irrigation equipment.   In  [ ... ]

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Japanese strawberry sector keeps visiting Dutch co...
Oct 2019

Greenbridge International managed by Mr. Yu Mizuki supports Japanese companies and individuals who want to do business with Europe and especially The Netherlands. In 2018,  [ ... ]

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Bangladesh government continues to study Dutch agr...
Oct 2019

In 2018, HollandDoor organized at the request of Kernel International, based in Dhaka Bangladesh, three short tailor-made study tours for the Ministry of Agriculture of B [ ... ]

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Danish farmers union visits the Netherlands
Sep 2019

The Danish farmers union Vestjysk has asked HollandDoor to organize a 2-day visit to the Netherlands to take a closer look at a number of sectors. The participants visited a  [ ... ]

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Moldova wishes to step into strawberry substrate f...
Sep 2019

HollandDoor guided a Moldovan delegation visiting the Netherlands to learn how to grow strawberries on substrate. In a full week program in September 2019, the participants  [ ... ]

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Next steps in the development of the tomato area i...
Sep 2019

In May eight stakeholders (farmer, traders, government employees, and consultants) related to the Narayangaon APMC market visited the Netherlands (read more). During this trip [ ... ]

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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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Chinese tree nursery sector ready for change
Jul 2019

In June 2019, for the fifth year in a row, a Chinese tree nursery delegation visited the Netherlands under the leadership of Mr. Wang Jianming for a two-week study tour. The g [ ... ]

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Czech group of farmers learn about Green Circles
Jun 2019

In June a group of 23 farmers from the Association of Private Farming of the Czech Republic visited the Green Heart in the Netherlands. This was made possible by the Ag [ ... ]

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Study tour CREA Santa Isabel, Argentina
Jun 2019

From June 2nd to June 8th, 2019 a group of ten Argentinean agribusiness companies, known as CREA Santa Isabel, toured throughout the Netherlands. In Argentina this CREA grou [ ... ]

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Value chain exposure visit of tomato stakeholders ...
Jun 2019

In the week of May 27, various stakeholders of the tomato supply chain in the Narayangaon region in Maharastrha, India visited the Netherlands for an intensive study tour. A [ ... ]

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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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Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture continues to st...
May 2019

In 2018, HollandDoor organized three day-long tailor-made study tours for the Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh on themes such as “Mechanized Cropping”; “Vegetable [ ... ]

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Third training for staff of AgroTie and AgroStar
May 2019

AgroTie is a training and service center located near Bangalore, India. It is a private sector initiative, with the mission to strengthen the economical perspective of farme [ ... ]

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Vietnamese farmers focus on climate smart horticul...
Apr 2019

A group of six farmers from southern Vietnam visited the Netherlands and conducted a full-week study tour on the theme ‘climate smart horticulture’. Business Support App [ ... ]

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Working towards modern horticultural practices in ...
Apr 2019

In 2018 HollandDoor started a 3-year project in India in collaboration with the Center of Excellence (see Launch protected cultivation vegetable project). The main objective [ ... ]

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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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Integrated pest management training in Sri Lanka
Mar 2019

On behalf of Lentiz, HollandDoor organized, for the second year, a series of workshops on Integrated Pest Management in Sri Lanka. The five workshops are organized by the De [ ... ]

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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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Precision Farming study tour for Danish Farmers A...
Feb 2019

Danish Farmers Abroad is an association of large international agricultural companies, suppliers of agricultural equipment and production means and private persons with a spec [ ... ]

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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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Greenbridge and HollandDoor intensify co-operati...
Dec 2018

Greenbridge International supports Japanese companies and individuals who want to do business with Europe, especially the Netherlands. HollandDoor and Greenbridge work to [ ... ]

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AgroTie, a new center of horticultural expertise i...
Dec 2018

After a long period of preparation, exchange of ideas, exploring the needs of the market, recruiting staff, visits to the Netherlands, and planning by a board of experts, the  [ ... ]

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Successful first Sino-Dutch tree nursery trainin...
Dec 2018

Since 2015 we organized every year a two-week business tour for Chinese tree nursery companies. The initiator on the Chinese side is Mr. Wang Jianming, the owner of Handan Cit [ ... ]

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Training-of-Trainer project successfully started a...
Nov 2018

In 2017, the Baramati Agricultural Development Trust, together with the Indian government, invested in a highly innovative Centre of Excellence (CoE) for vegetables, the first [ ... ]

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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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South Korean growers receive intensive tour and tr...
Oct 2018

Aeres received a large group of South Korean strawberry and tomato growers as well as dairy farmers for a tailor-made tour and training program. Agriprogress was sub-contracte [ ... ]

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Spanish delegation informed about new energy
Sep 2018

At the end of September, a delegation from the Spanish cooperative Coren visited the Netherlands. HollandDoor organized a 2 day study tour on the subject New Energy. Comp [ ... ]

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Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development,...
Jul 2018

July 2018 HollandDoor held the third ToT (train the trainer) training for the HAED (Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development) project in Jordan. The training focussed [ ... ]

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German-Iranian association interested in Dutch gre...
Jun 2018

Top Messe Service, located in Berlin, Germany, requested HollandDoor to organise a one day tailor-made horticultural tour for a delegation of the German-Iranian Cham [ ... ]

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Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture visits the Neth...
Jun 2018

In February, May and June HollandDoor was requested by Kernel International to organize a one day tailor-made study tour for three high-ranked delegations from various departm [ ... ]

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Chinese tree nursery tour 2018
Jun 2018

For the fourth year in succession we organized a 2 week business tour for Chinese tree nursery companies. Initiator on the Chinese side is the owner of Handan city Qicaiyuanli [ ... ]

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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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Study tour for 40 Indian farmers from Madhya Prade...
Apr 2018

From 18 to 22 April 2018 a group of 40 Indian farmers from the state of Madhya Pradesh (central India) visited the Netherlands for a diverse program of farm visits. The farmer [ ... ]

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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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HollandDoor meets Indian Agro Industry at the Krus...
Jan 2018

HollandDoor participated from 19-22 January 2018 for the second time at the Krushik Expo organized by the Agricultural Development Trust and KV [ ... ]

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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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Giving a boost to IHITC
Dec 2017

The International Horticulture Innovation and Training Center (IHITC) located in Jaipur, is a governmental organization with the aim to collect and disseminate knowledge  [ ... ]

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Impressive opening of Center of Excellence, Barama...
Nov 2017

On 2 November 2017, the Maharashtra Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables, built at KVK, Baramati, was officially opened by a group of high-ranking Indian and Dutch offici [ ... ]

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Feeding Indian expanding cities
Oct 2017

Every year in October, the Dutch consulate in Mumbai organizes the “Holland meets Mumbai” event. The population of India is growing, whereas the available agricultural lan [ ... ]

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European Nitrate Directive in the Netherlands
Oct 2017

HollandDoor welcomed a group of civil servants from the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, who were guests of Sweco in the Netherlands. The gr [ ... ]

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Innovations in plant factory practices
Sep 2017

Developments in plant factory practices have a lot of interest. Whether this is embedded in urban farming or in industrial applications, many people are interested in the pote [ ... ]

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Georgian farmers and cooperatives acquaint with Du...
Sep 2017

CARE International in the Caucasus, supports farmers from the western part of Georgia by introducing modern agricultural practices and it stimulates cooperative models. These  [ ... ]

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Zespri delegation visits fruit growers in the Neth...
Aug 2017

Zespri International Limited is a consumer-driven, grower-owned company dedicated to the global marketing of kiwifruit. In August 2017, HollandDoor had a d [ ... ]

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Chinese Tree nursery Business Tour in June 2017
Jun 2017

The Chinese tree nursery sector is rapidly changing. Labor costs are rising and the number of large governmental projects is decreasing. This leads to increased interests from [ ... ]

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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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Barbados’ agricultural ministry is being inspired ...
Apr 2017

Minister-president Marc Rutte visited Cuba as a representor of the Dutch Caribbean Isle’s in June 2016. He spoke with Barbados’ head of government. This Caribbean isle has [ ... ]

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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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Local government Nagasaka, Japan, would like to mo...
Feb 2017

For years HollandDoor has had a very good relationship with Inochio Group Japan (www.inochio.co.jp). They are an important partner in the Japanese horticulture sector. On a re [ ... ]

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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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Gadot Israel visits the Dutch horticultural secto...
Jan 2017

At the request of Gadot Agro from Israel, HollandDoor organized a short tailor made visitation program for two of their employees. The program offered them insight and informa [ ... ]

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Technical training for grape growers from Sangli, ...
Jan 2017

Sangli, a region in the state of Maharashtra in India, is an area where the grape culture is extremely important. Only second after the Nashik region, Sangli has the largest g [ ... ]

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Six-week training for CoE’s staff.
Nov 2016

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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Chinese tree nursery companies visit Europe for a ...
Oct 2016

In the summer of 2015 a study tour was successfully organised by HollandDoor. This tour was arranged for a group of 16 top entrepreneurs from the Chinese tree nursery. The Net [ ... ]

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India Training Group at Demokwekerij Westland
Sep 2016

The staff of an Indian company have undergone a super intensive course during the summer. Some took a 1-month-training others even took a 2-month-training. These courses took  [ ... ]

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Delegation of Maharashtra government, chaired by M...
Jul 2016

Sharad Pawar Mr Sharad Pawar is member of the India parliament and president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian Nati [ ... ]

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HollandDoor assists with the switch from grapes to...
Jul 2016

JSC Bagrationi 1882 is the market leader for sparkling wines in Georgia. The grapes which are necessary for the production of these wines are grown by the company itself. In o [ ... ]

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Asia interested in Dutch greenhouse and installati...
Apr 2016

Asian countries are investing in their agricultural sector and intend to develop their greenhouse horticultural sector. GPI Consultancy, who is active in the ICT offshore (out [ ... ]

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Albanian agro microfinance delegation learns from ...
Mar 2016

JICA (Japan International Corporation Agency / (www.jica.go.jp) contacted the services of PlaNet Finance Japan (PFJ / www.planetfinance.or.jp) to implement the research of the [ ... ]

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Georgian Farmers Association benefits from Holland...
Feb 2016

Since 2014 HollandDoor is involved in the agricultural sector in Georgia and built a relationship with the Georgian Farmers Association (GFA). In February 2016 HollandDoor, to [ ... ]

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UTZ country representatives trigger their mindsets...
Jan 2016UTZ country representatives trigger their mindsets by visiting Dutch high-tech greenhouse

UTZ (www.utz.org), who is known for its ongoing efforts to make this world more sustainable, requested HollandDoor to organize an inspiring visit to a high-tech Dutch greenhou [ ... ]

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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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Vietnamese informed on trends and best practices i...
Dec 2015

In May 2015, HollandDoor organized on request of the Center for High-Tech Application and Development in Agriculture (HTES) in Hanoi, Vietnam, a tailor-made training on Expo [ ... ]

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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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Potential new partner of DS Group visits India
Oct 2015

Early 2015, Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group / www.dsgroup.com) from India approached HollandDoor to assist in their
search for a Dutch joint-business development partn [ ... ]

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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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DS Group India searches Dutch joint-business partn...
Aug 2015DS Group India searches Dutch joint-business partner to produce essential flower oils.

Early 2015, Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group / www.dsgroup.com) from India approached HollandDoor to assist in their search for a Dutch joint-business development partner.&n [ ... ]

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Study tour on advocacy and collective marketing fo...
Jul 2015

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 i [ ... ]

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Chinese tree nursery business visit to Europe
Jul 2015

During the past 10 years the tree nursery sector in China has increased rapidly, as well in number as in size of the companies. The top entrepreneurs of the Chinese tree nurse [ ... ]

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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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Export promotion course for Vietnamese fruit and v...
May 2015Export 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 internat [ ... ]

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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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Cuba agriculture reform committee studies Dutch ag...
Dec 2014

The Dutch embassy in Cuba requested HollandDoor to organize a tailormade study trip of 1 week for 4 members of the Cuban agricultural reform committee: Mr. Roberto Ramón [ ... ]

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Windset Farms visits Arava District, Israel
Nov 2014

Windset Farms from USA and Canada requested HollandDoor to organize a tailor made study trip to the Arava District in Israel.   Mr. Steven Newell (CEO) and Mr [ ... ]

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New Hope Liuhe China delegation visits pork compan...
Nov 2014

Hypor (Hendrix Genetics) requested HollandDoor to organize a study tour on Friday 21 November for a Chinese management delegation of New Hope Liuhe. The managers of New Hope L [ ... ]

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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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Successful Moldova Trademission to The Netherland...
Oct 2014

An agricultural trademission from Moldova visited in period of 13 until 17 October Belgium and The Netherlands. This roadshow was initiated by CCI (Moldavan chamber  [ ... ]

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Guatemala development program
Oct 2014

From 6 to 18 October, a delegation from Guatemala studied the European system of quality and phytosanitary control. The aim was to develop a common control system for the Cent [ ... ]

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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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Shandong Province Agro delegation visits the Nethe...
Aug 2014

CECEC Rotterdam requested HollandDoor to organize a tailor-made excursion on Thursday 9 October for a Chinese agro delegation from Shandong Province. The delegation consi [ ... ]

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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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Equalance Suriname studies feasibility of greenhou...
Jun 2014

Greenhouse vegetable production is becoming more popular in Surinam. The Zeister Zendings genootschap (ZZg) from the Netherlands and its Surinam partner Equalance want to supp [ ... ]

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Colombian flowergrowers visit Dutch colleagues
Jun 2014

On 13 June HollandDoor organized an excursion for Colombian cut flower growers from Agricola El Cactus. They mainly produce carnations and roses. The guests were ver [ ... ]

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HollandDoor organizes excursion for Minimaster cou...
Apr 2014HollandDoor organizes excursion for Minimaster course

Demokwekerij Westland organized in cooperation with Lentiz Cursus en Consult and HortiBedrijfsschool the course "Minimaster Technic and Maintenance Horticulture". HollandDoor  [ ... ]

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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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Dieffenbachia and Aglaonema cultivation knowledge ...
Feb 2014

Gadot Agro from Israel requested HollandDoor to organize a short tailored study trip for its relation Atzmona. A major objective of this visit was to familiarize Atzmona  [ ... ]

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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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Delegation from Gambella Ethiopia visits the Nethe...
Dec 2013

In late December 2013, a government delegation from the Gambella region of Ethiopia visited the Netherlands. HollandDoor organized an introduction program at the request of Go [ ... ]

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Greenhouse horticulture interest in North Portugal
Dec 2013Greenhouse horticulture interest in North Portugal

HollandDoor organized a three-day familiarization tour for an investor from North Portugal that wanted to evaluate the business opportunities of investing in greenhouse hortic [ ... ]

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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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Two-week training for ADT-KVK, in Baramati, India
Sep 2013

Together with Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences, HollandDoor organized a two week training on Horticultural Value Chain Development for KVK Baramat [ ... ]

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Agri-business in Tatarstan, Russian Federation get...
Sep 2013Agri-business in Tatarstan, Russian Federation gets inspired by Dutch Agri-business.

HollandDoor organized a customised study programme for a one-week visit to the Netherlands at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture in Kazan. Kazan is the capital city of [ ... ]

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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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