Portfolio Middle East
Empowering transformation: Karim’s impact on Ahmad Al...
Dec 2024
It’s now always easy to show the impact of our work, but in this case, the results speak for themselves. The tailor-made training (TMT) in dairy farming given in Lebanon had...
Palestinian delegation explores the Dutch seed potato sector
Nov 2024
On behalf of the Netherlands Representative Office in Ramallah (NRO) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency , HollandDoor organized a study visit for a Palestinian delegation...
Value chain development in de Kurdistan region of Iraq
Sep 2024
The protected horticulture sector in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has expanded significantly over the past 15 years. Since 2007, the Bazian...
Value chain training to empower small-scale dairy farmers...
Jun 2024
Last December, we announced the launch of an ambitious project to strengthen the position of small-scale dairy farmers in Lebanon. This initiative is in collaboration with...
Enhancing the value chain for agricultural products in the...
Jun 2024
The UNDP is supporting the Government of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq to foster regional development. For the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, enhancing the...
Lebanese dairy sector receives support from HollandDoor
Dec 2023
Two years after the first meeting with the board of the Lebanese organization LOST , HollandDoor has started to work with a team of specialists to strengthen the capacity on...
Insect farming in agriculture: a pathway to sustainable...
Sep 2023
In the beginning of 2023 we introduced a new member, Marian Peters, who is one of the most experienced insect farming expert in the Netherlands. In this article, Marian...
Agrofood tour in Indonesia & Jordan
Aug 2023
We mainly share our experiences about our training courses and study tours. In the summer of 2023, however, we spent our time also in a different way. Together with several...
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....
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...
Jordan: A Training of Trainers program comes to an end
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Jordanian experts notice the power of collaboration
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 – the...
Jordan: Better job opportunities by linking education and...
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...
Iraq: Enhancing irrigation and climate-smart agriculture...
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...
Egypt: Working on climate-smart agriculture solutions
Apr 2021
‘Climate-smart agriculture and modern water management’ is a multiyear collaboration project between HollandDoor and Aeres University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), the...
Jordan: Strengthening vocational education to bolster...
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...
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,...
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...
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 ministry of foreign...
ToT training in Jordan on greenhouse climate and IPM
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...
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...
Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development, Jordan
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...
German-Iranian association interested in Dutch greenhouse...
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 Chamber of...
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...
Improvement of the position of greenhouse horticulture and...
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...
Gadot Israel visits the Dutch horticultural sector once...
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...
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. Robert...
Dieffenbachia and Aglaonema cultivation knowledge exchange...
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...
Empowering transformation: Karim’s impact on Ahmad Al...
Dec 2024
It’s now always easy to show the impact of our work, but in this case, the results speak for themselves. The tailor-made training (TMT) in dairy farming given in Lebanon had...
Palestinian delegation explores the Dutch seed potato sector
Nov 2024
On behalf of the Netherlands Representative Office in Ramallah (NRO) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency , HollandDoor organized a study visit for a Palestinian delegation...
Value chain development in de Kurdistan region of Iraq
Sep 2024
The protected horticulture sector in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has expanded significantly over the past 15 years. Since 2007, the Bazian...
Value chain training to empower small-scale dairy farmers...
Jun 2024
Last December, we announced the launch of an ambitious project to strengthen the position of small-scale dairy farmers in Lebanon. This initiative is in collaboration with...
Enhancing the value chain for agricultural products in the...
Jun 2024
The UNDP is supporting the Government of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq to foster regional development. For the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, enhancing the...
Lebanese dairy sector receives support from HollandDoor
Dec 2023
Two years after the first meeting with the board of the Lebanese organization LOST , HollandDoor has started to work with a team of specialists to strengthen the capacity on...
Insect farming in agriculture: a pathway to sustainable...
Sep 2023
In the beginning of 2023 we introduced a new member, Marian Peters, who is one of the most experienced insect farming expert in the Netherlands. In this article, Marian...
Agrofood tour in Indonesia & Jordan
Aug 2023
We mainly share our experiences about our training courses and study tours. In the summer of 2023, however, we spent our time also in a different way. Together with several...
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....
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...
Jordan: A Training of Trainers program comes to an end
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Jordanian experts notice the power of collaboration
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 – the...
Jordan: Better job opportunities by linking education and...
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...
Iraq: Enhancing irrigation and climate-smart agriculture...
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...
Egypt: Working on climate-smart agriculture solutions
Apr 2021
‘Climate-smart agriculture and modern water management’ is a multiyear collaboration project between HollandDoor and Aeres University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), the...
Jordan: Strengthening vocational education to bolster...
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...
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,...
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...
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 ministry of foreign...
ToT training in Jordan on greenhouse climate and IPM
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...
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...
Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development, Jordan
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...
German-Iranian association interested in Dutch greenhouse...
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 Chamber of...
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...
Improvement of the position of greenhouse horticulture and...
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...
Gadot Israel visits the Dutch horticultural sector once...
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...
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. Robert...
Dieffenbachia and Aglaonema cultivation knowledge exchange...
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...