Portfolio Capacity development
Value chain development in de Kurdistan region of Iraq
Sep 2024The protected horticulture sector in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has expanded significantly over the past 15 years. Since 2007, the Bazian...
First pilot sites for drainage water recycling established...
Sep 2024The arrival of two VitaLite systems from the Ridder Group and water tanks from Royal Brinkman mark the start of a new phase in the project"Improving water availability and...
Pitch your bussiness plan: Farming as a business!
Aug 2024In March 2023, HollandDoor launched a TMT project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, entitled: "Strengthening, updating and rolling out practical agricultural...
Value chain training to empower small-scale dairy farmers...
Jun 2024Last 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 2024The 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...
Export development of Cambodian agrifood products
May 2024HollandDoor has embarked on an exciting assignment for the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development CAPRED . As the lead implementer, HollandDoor is...
Ethiopian TMT project focuses on creating employment for...
Mar 2024In some cases, physical training may not be possible due to safety concerns. But sometimes we offer blended training on purpose. This combines online and face-to-face...
Sustainable poultry sector in Sri-Lanka
Feb 2024For the past two years, Lisanne Oskam of HollandDoor has had the privilege of supervising the RVO Project "Sustainable Poultry Sector" in Sri Lanka, in partnership with...
Driving progress in Sri Lanka's dairy sector
Jan 2024For some time now, HollandDoor has been involved in the development of the online Dairy Training Center (DTC) in Sri Lanka. This initiative was set up by the Embassy of the...
Update on sustainable aquaculture and agribusiness...
Jan 2024In September 2023 we started a new project in Indonesia in sustainable aquaculture and agribusiness, in collaboration with our Indonesian partners BBPPMPV Cianjur and IPB...
Lebanese dairy sector receives support from HollandDoor
Dec 2023Two 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 2023In 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...
28 Korean horticulture students in the Netherlands for...
Aug 2023After a successful edition in 2022 , the Chonnam National University (CNU) in South Korea asked HollandDoor to organize another training event. This year, they came with 20...
Introducing GoatSignals in India
Jun 2023Almost three years ago, HollandDoor started to conduct CowSignals® training activities in India. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first sessions were held online, but for...
Three years after our training program in Indonesia ended,...
May 2023Indonesia is an agricultural country where most of the people work as farmers. The quality of human resources (HR) in agriculture can be strengthened through education at...
Touched by Prabath, a Sri Lankan dairy farmer
May 2023During a visit to Sri Lanka for the kick-off of a poultry project, Lisanne Oskam also visited a farmer who completed the online RVO Dairy project on sustainable feed and...
Supporting Georgian advisors and farmers toward improved...
May 2023Georgian company Noblex Ltd . recently hired HollandDoor to run training sessions for its staff and farmers on the topic of greenhouse management. In May 2023, HollandDoor...
'Bright Future in Agriculture' holds final conference in...
Mar 2023On March 7 and 8 2023, the Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA) project held its closing conference at Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event was attended by partners...
With CowSignals® at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Punjab
Feb 2023In early February 2023, HollandDoor was at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Ludhiana, organized by the Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (PDFA) from Punjab. The Dairy & Agri...
Training for female extension workers in Iraq
Jan 2023Twenty-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....
Implementing practical education in Ethiopia
Jan 2023At 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...
OKP Project in Benin comes to an end
Dec 2022At the end of 2022, we wrapped up the OKP (Orange Knowledge Programme) project in Benin. In a final course given by an expert on didactics, we taught the 60 teachers from...
Ethiopian agricultural teachers trained in practical...
Nov 2022At the beginning of November, Lisanne Oskam of HollandDoor visited Ethiopia together with Mark Bos from Qpoint as part of the Bright Future in Agriculture project. The focus...
Registration open for practical training "Greenhouse...
Nov 2022HollandDoor is initiating a practical greenhouse vegetable cultivation training titled “The Eye of the Grower”. It targets on those who want to expand their theoretical and...
Innovating the value chain of Palestinian olives
Oct 2022HollandDoor 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...
Succesful demos of CowSignals® training in three Indian...
Oct 2022Ocotober 2022, HollandDoor started giving on-site (live demo) CowSignals® training sessions in India. After two years of online training during the K2K (knowledge to...
Training on poultry and pedagogical and didactical skills...
Oct 2022From 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...
Webinars on horticulture in China
Oct 2022To 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...
Jordan: A Training of Trainers program comes to an end
Sep 2022After 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 2022In a previous newsletter, we already mentioned how Jordanian vocational students impressed us with their enthusiasm, creativity, and skills in identifying business...
Practical training in goat farming and sheep husbandry in...
Aug 2022In 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...
Practical training in poultry farming in Benin
Jul 2022From 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...
Benin Horti Training 2: converting theory into application
Jun 2022HollandDoor 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...
Training for female engineers in Iraq
May 2022In 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...
Jordan: impressed by the future agro-engineers
Apr 2022Enthusiastic, 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...
Dairy training in Benin with motivated group
Apr 2022April 2022, Ad Merrks from HollandDoor organized a practical dairy training in Benin. The four agricultural schools near Parakou expressed a keen interest in CowSignals®,...
Benin horticulture explores hydroponic cultivation
Feb 2022In 2020, HollandDoor started an OKP TMT+ Project (Orange Knowledge Programme, Tailor- Made Training) in Benin to refresh and upgrade the vocational education capacities of...
Revitalizing vocational education in Indonesia: meeting...
Feb 2022Our HollandDoor newsletters have brought you regular updates on programs that aim to strengthen TVET education in Indonesia. Thanks to our strong partnerships with valuable...
Successful online training on dairy farming in India
Nov 2021Last 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...
Value chain and agri-business development training in Iraq
Oct 2021HollandDoor and ZOA are jointly implementing a Nuffic -funded program called “Enhancing the knowledge and skills of extension workers and farmers in efficient irrigation and...
Improving food safety and water efficient production for...
Oct 2021After 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...
First online, practical dairy training in Sri Lanka is a...
Sep 2021Nearly 120 dairy farmers, farm managers, extension officers and other professionals in the fast-developing dairy sector in Sri Lanka have successfully completed a training...
Liberia: supporting the Farmers Union Network
Jul 2021HollandDoor 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...
Jordan: Better job opportunities by linking education and...
Jul 2021The 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...
Shanghai teachers respond enthusiastically to webinars
Jul 2021Teachers at the Shanghai Vocational School in China are responsible for educating their students based on the latest insights of modern and sustainable horticultural...
Indonesia: Win-win partnerships for vocational schools and...
Jun 2021Modern value chains are replacing traditional production supply chains in the agro-food sector. Increasingly, the focus is shifting towards sustainability, food safety,...
Ethiopia: Superb online training interaction in BFA Project
Jun 2021Our 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...
Indonesia: Strengthen students' entrepreneurial skills
May 2021The 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...
Benin: Livestock training for schools as part of Nuffic...
May 2021In 2020, HollandDoor began livestock training sessions for agricultural schools in Benin. These sessions are related to the Nuffic OKP project on horticulture, irrigation...
Sri Lanka: Sustainable feed and waste management for the...
May 2021In 2020, HollandDoor started the ‘Sustainable feed & waste management in the dairy sector’ course in Sri Lanka on behalf of The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO:...
Sri Lanka and India: Improve your dairy business
May 2021To 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...
Iraq: Enhancing irrigation and climate-smart agriculture...
May 2021From 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 2021The 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...
Vietnam farmers ready for water recycling technology
Feb 2021After 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...
India training-of-trainers project reaches new milestone...
Feb 2021The 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...
Benin: Video conferencing enables weekly training sessions
Jan 2021Some 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...
Contributing to climate smart agriculture in Egypt
Oct 2020HollandDoor contributes to an Egyptian agricultural program that builds the capacity of government bodies and educational institutions with regard to modern irrigation,...
Successful start of the CowSignals® online trainings in...
Oct 2020In India last month, HollandDoor started the first online CowSignals® advisor trainings. We organized these trainings online together with the Dutch Embassy in Delhi and the...
Train the trainer project in Iraq granted
Oct 2020Nuffic 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...
Members of HollandDoor join team of HortiXperts
Oct 2020Dutch 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...
Strenghtening horticulture in Jordan
Jul 2020HollandDoor 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...
Effect of covid-19 pandemic: how do we move forward?
Jul 2020With the many trainings and programs we are conducting internationally, the outbreak of Covid19 has obviously created many challenges for the implementation of our...
HollandDoor starts CowSignals training for dairy...
Jun 2020As 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...
Update on India Training of Trainer project
Jun 2020In 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...
Kick-off of TVET revitalization program in Indonesia
Feb 2020In 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...
HollandDoor in India also active in the dairy sector
Feb 2020The 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...
Further training of teachers and deans in the BFA project...
Feb 2020In mid-February 2020, for the second time, Bishoftu in Ethiopia was visited for the "Bright Future in Agriculture" (BFA) project. The focus in the week in February was...
TMT sustainable feed & waste management in the dairy...
Jan 2020At 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....
CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Jan 2020Every year, the Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation , part of Wageningen University and Research (CDI-WUR), organizes the course “ Market Access for Food and...
Effective trainings in integrated pest management in Sri...
Dec 2019For 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...
India ToT program starts deliver seminars and trainings on...
Oct 2019In 2018 HollandDoor started a three-year project in India in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables in Baramati (see Launch protected cultivation...
ToT training in Jordan on greenhouse climate and IPM
Sep 2019In 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...
HollandDoor supports Ethiopian education in the BFA project
Jul 2019Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA), which enhances employability and food security in Ethiopia through quality ATVETs (Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and...
Third training for staff of AgroTie and AgroStar
May 2019AgroTie 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...
Strengthening vocational education in Indonesia
Apr 2019In Indonesia, various projects have been started to strengthen education, to ensure better coordination between education and the professional field and to introduce new...
Working towards modern horticultural practices in India
Apr 2019In 2018 HollandDoor started a 3-year project in India in collaboration with the Center of Excellence (see Launch protected cultivation vegetable project ) . The main...
Integrated pest management training in Sri Lanka
Mar 2019On 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...
Training at the new greenhouse in Jordan Valley
Dec 2018As 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...
AgroTie, a new center of horticultural expertise in...
Dec 2018After 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,...
Successful first Sino-Dutch tree nursery training
Dec 2018Since 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...
Training-of-Trainer project successfully started at CoE...
Nov 2018In 2017, the Baramati Agricultural Development Trust, together with the Indian government, invested in a highly innovative Centre of Excellence (CoE) for vegetables, the...
Training the staff of Colombian companies and the University
Oct 2018At the Utadeo Agricultural University near Bogota, Colombia, a demonstration project called “ Horticentro Colombia-Holanda ” using Dutch greenhouse technology was started in...
South Korean growers receive intensive tour and training...
Oct 2018Aeres 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...
Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development, Jordan
Jul 2018July 2018 HollandDoor held the third ToT (train the trainer) training for the HAED (Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development) project in Jordan. The training...
HollandDoor launches a new three-year horticultural...
Jun 2018During 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...
Training programs for three Greece Vocational High Schools
May 2018Groups 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...
Indian floriculture learns from Dutch developments
May 2018In 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...
CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security” again...
Apr 2018Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market Access for Food Security”. The course is targeting on mid-career...
Support Yezin Agricultural University in Myanmar with...
Feb 2018With financial support from Nuffic , the Dutch organization for internationalization in education, HollandDoor supported Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) in Myanmar to...
HollandDoor meets Indian Agro Industry at the Krushik 2018
Jan 2018HollandDoor participated from 19-22 January 2018 for the second time at the Krushik Expo organized by the Agricultural Development Trust and KVK Baramati . More than 200,000...
Chinese students submerged in Dutch horticultural sector...
Jan 201842 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....
Giving a boost to IHITC
Dec 2017The International Horticulture Innovation and Training Center (IHITC) located in Jaipur, is a governmental organization with the aim to collect and disseminate knowledge in...
Feeding Indian expanding cities
Oct 2017Every year in October, the Dutch consulate in Mumbai organizes the “Holland meets Mumbai” event. The population of India is growing, whereas the available agricultural land...
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 2017The 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...
AgroTie will boost the Horticultural sector in Karnataka
May 2017AgroTie, which is a private sector initiative, has the mission to strengthen the economical perspective of farmers and rural communities in Karnataka. Through knowledge,...
Vietnamese trainees eager to learn more about protected...
Apr 2017With financial support from EP-Nuffic, an organisation which supports the international cooperation of education, HollandDoor successfully provided a 2-week-training course...
Technical training for grape growers from Sangli, India
Jan 2017Sangli, 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...
Six-week training for CoE’s staff.
Nov 2016Maharashtra Centre of Excellence Vegetables Since the autumn of 2016 the development and building of the "Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetable Production" has been in...
India Training Group at Demokwekerij Westland
Sep 2016The 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...
HollandDoor assists with the switch from grapes to...
Jul 2016JSC 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...
Georgian Farmers Association benefits from HollandDoor and...
Feb 2016Since 2014 HollandDoor is involved in the agricultural sector in Georgia and built a relationship with the Georgian Farmers Association (GFA). In February 2016 HollandDoor,...
Market Access training for 56 participants from 14 countries
Jan 2016Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market access for sustainable development’’, which targets...
Chinese researchers informed on breeding of vegetables
Jan 2016In 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...
Vietnamese informed on trends and best practices in...
Dec 2015In 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...
Chinese teachers learn about Food Safety and Quality Control
Aug 2015In August, HollandDoor organized on request of Kenlog , a few training days about food safety and quality control in The Netherlands. The Chinese delegation existed of four...
Export promotion course for Vietnamese fruit and...
May 2015HollandDoor 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...
HollandDoor supports Georgian agribusiness with...
Jan 2015Under the title "Enhancing entrepreneurship in Georgian agribusiness, based on the value chain approach" HollandDoor has trained two Georgian organisations in October 2014...
Training for students of the Inner Mongolia Agricultural...
Oct 2014Ho llandDoor facilitated 2 trainings during summer 2014 for teachers of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and Henan Agricultural University . Both trainings were 4...
Press Release: HollandDoor supports Kafrelsheik University...
Sep 2014Kafrelsheik University, which has 25,000 students, has occupied a prominent place in the Egyptian agriculture and horticulture sector for many decades. This year HollandDoor...
Training for researchers from Henan Agricultural...
Aug 2014Between 3 and 17 August 2014, HollandDoor provided four days of training to a group of nine researchers from the Technical College of Henan Agricultural University (HAU) in...
Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agricultural...
Jul 2014From 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...
Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agricultural...
Sep 2013In cooperation with the EUC association from Grootebroek, a province of Noord-Holland ( www.foundationeuc.nl ), HollandDoor has organized a three-week training for 14...
Two-week training for ADT-KVK, in Baramati, India
Sep 2013Together with Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences , HollandDoor organized a two week training on Horticultural Value Chain Development for KVK Baramati ,...
Agri-business in Tatarstan, Russian Federation gets...
Sep 2013HollandDoor 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...
Van Hall Larenstein and HollandDoor train Indian...
May 2013The population in India is growing rapidly, causing an increasing demand for products such as cereals, rice, chocolate, flowers, vegetables and fruit. Meeting this demand...
Value chain development in de Kurdistan region of Iraq
Sep 2024The protected horticulture sector in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has expanded significantly over the past 15 years. Since 2007, the Bazian...
First pilot sites for drainage water recycling established...
Sep 2024The arrival of two VitaLite systems from the Ridder Group and water tanks from Royal Brinkman mark the start of a new phase in the project"Improving water availability and...
Pitch your bussiness plan: Farming as a business!
Aug 2024In March 2023, HollandDoor launched a TMT project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, entitled: "Strengthening, updating and rolling out practical agricultural...
Value chain training to empower small-scale dairy farmers...
Jun 2024Last 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 2024The 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...
Export development of Cambodian agrifood products
May 2024HollandDoor has embarked on an exciting assignment for the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development CAPRED . As the lead implementer, HollandDoor is...
Ethiopian TMT project focuses on creating employment for...
Mar 2024In some cases, physical training may not be possible due to safety concerns. But sometimes we offer blended training on purpose. This combines online and face-to-face...
Sustainable poultry sector in Sri-Lanka
Feb 2024For the past two years, Lisanne Oskam of HollandDoor has had the privilege of supervising the RVO Project "Sustainable Poultry Sector" in Sri Lanka, in partnership with...
Driving progress in Sri Lanka's dairy sector
Jan 2024For some time now, HollandDoor has been involved in the development of the online Dairy Training Center (DTC) in Sri Lanka. This initiative was set up by the Embassy of the...
Update on sustainable aquaculture and agribusiness...
Jan 2024In September 2023 we started a new project in Indonesia in sustainable aquaculture and agribusiness, in collaboration with our Indonesian partners BBPPMPV Cianjur and IPB...
Lebanese dairy sector receives support from HollandDoor
Dec 2023Two 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 2023In 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...
28 Korean horticulture students in the Netherlands for...
Aug 2023After a successful edition in 2022 , the Chonnam National University (CNU) in South Korea asked HollandDoor to organize another training event. This year, they came with 20...
Introducing GoatSignals in India
Jun 2023Almost three years ago, HollandDoor started to conduct CowSignals® training activities in India. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first sessions were held online, but for...
Three years after our training program in Indonesia ended,...
May 2023Indonesia is an agricultural country where most of the people work as farmers. The quality of human resources (HR) in agriculture can be strengthened through education at...
Touched by Prabath, a Sri Lankan dairy farmer
May 2023During a visit to Sri Lanka for the kick-off of a poultry project, Lisanne Oskam also visited a farmer who completed the online RVO Dairy project on sustainable feed and...
Supporting Georgian advisors and farmers toward improved...
May 2023Georgian company Noblex Ltd . recently hired HollandDoor to run training sessions for its staff and farmers on the topic of greenhouse management. In May 2023, HollandDoor...
'Bright Future in Agriculture' holds final conference in...
Mar 2023On March 7 and 8 2023, the Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA) project held its closing conference at Harmony Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event was attended by partners...
With CowSignals® at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Punjab
Feb 2023In early February 2023, HollandDoor was at the Dairy & Agri Expo in Ludhiana, organized by the Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (PDFA) from Punjab. The Dairy & Agri...
Training for female extension workers in Iraq
Jan 2023Twenty-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....
Implementing practical education in Ethiopia
Jan 2023At 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...
OKP Project in Benin comes to an end
Dec 2022At the end of 2022, we wrapped up the OKP (Orange Knowledge Programme) project in Benin. In a final course given by an expert on didactics, we taught the 60 teachers from...
Ethiopian agricultural teachers trained in practical...
Nov 2022At the beginning of November, Lisanne Oskam of HollandDoor visited Ethiopia together with Mark Bos from Qpoint as part of the Bright Future in Agriculture project. The focus...
Registration open for practical training "Greenhouse...
Nov 2022HollandDoor is initiating a practical greenhouse vegetable cultivation training titled “The Eye of the Grower”. It targets on those who want to expand their theoretical and...
Innovating the value chain of Palestinian olives
Oct 2022HollandDoor 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...
Succesful demos of CowSignals® training in three Indian...
Oct 2022Ocotober 2022, HollandDoor started giving on-site (live demo) CowSignals® training sessions in India. After two years of online training during the K2K (knowledge to...
Training on poultry and pedagogical and didactical skills...
Oct 2022From 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...
Webinars on horticulture in China
Oct 2022To 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...
Jordan: A Training of Trainers program comes to an end
Sep 2022After 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 2022In a previous newsletter, we already mentioned how Jordanian vocational students impressed us with their enthusiasm, creativity, and skills in identifying business...
Practical training in goat farming and sheep husbandry in...
Aug 2022In 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...
Practical training in poultry farming in Benin
Jul 2022From 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...
Benin Horti Training 2: converting theory into application
Jun 2022HollandDoor 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...
Training for female engineers in Iraq
May 2022In 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...
Jordan: impressed by the future agro-engineers
Apr 2022Enthusiastic, 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...
Dairy training in Benin with motivated group
Apr 2022April 2022, Ad Merrks from HollandDoor organized a practical dairy training in Benin. The four agricultural schools near Parakou expressed a keen interest in CowSignals®,...
Benin horticulture explores hydroponic cultivation
Feb 2022In 2020, HollandDoor started an OKP TMT+ Project (Orange Knowledge Programme, Tailor- Made Training) in Benin to refresh and upgrade the vocational education capacities of...
Revitalizing vocational education in Indonesia: meeting...
Feb 2022Our HollandDoor newsletters have brought you regular updates on programs that aim to strengthen TVET education in Indonesia. Thanks to our strong partnerships with valuable...
Successful online training on dairy farming in India
Nov 2021Last 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...
Value chain and agri-business development training in Iraq
Oct 2021HollandDoor and ZOA are jointly implementing a Nuffic -funded program called “Enhancing the knowledge and skills of extension workers and farmers in efficient irrigation and...
Improving food safety and water efficient production for...
Oct 2021After 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...
First online, practical dairy training in Sri Lanka is a...
Sep 2021Nearly 120 dairy farmers, farm managers, extension officers and other professionals in the fast-developing dairy sector in Sri Lanka have successfully completed a training...
Liberia: supporting the Farmers Union Network
Jul 2021HollandDoor 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...
Jordan: Better job opportunities by linking education and...
Jul 2021The 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...
Shanghai teachers respond enthusiastically to webinars
Jul 2021Teachers at the Shanghai Vocational School in China are responsible for educating their students based on the latest insights of modern and sustainable horticultural...
Indonesia: Win-win partnerships for vocational schools and...
Jun 2021Modern value chains are replacing traditional production supply chains in the agro-food sector. Increasingly, the focus is shifting towards sustainability, food safety,...
Ethiopia: Superb online training interaction in BFA Project
Jun 2021Our 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...
Indonesia: Strengthen students' entrepreneurial skills
May 2021The 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...
Benin: Livestock training for schools as part of Nuffic...
May 2021In 2020, HollandDoor began livestock training sessions for agricultural schools in Benin. These sessions are related to the Nuffic OKP project on horticulture, irrigation...
Sri Lanka: Sustainable feed and waste management for the...
May 2021In 2020, HollandDoor started the ‘Sustainable feed & waste management in the dairy sector’ course in Sri Lanka on behalf of The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO:...
Sri Lanka and India: Improve your dairy business
May 2021To 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...
Iraq: Enhancing irrigation and climate-smart agriculture...
May 2021From 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 2021The 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...
Vietnam farmers ready for water recycling technology
Feb 2021After 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...
India training-of-trainers project reaches new milestone...
Feb 2021The 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...
Benin: Video conferencing enables weekly training sessions
Jan 2021Some 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...
Contributing to climate smart agriculture in Egypt
Oct 2020HollandDoor contributes to an Egyptian agricultural program that builds the capacity of government bodies and educational institutions with regard to modern irrigation,...
Successful start of the CowSignals® online trainings in...
Oct 2020In India last month, HollandDoor started the first online CowSignals® advisor trainings. We organized these trainings online together with the Dutch Embassy in Delhi and the...
Train the trainer project in Iraq granted
Oct 2020Nuffic 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...
Members of HollandDoor join team of HortiXperts
Oct 2020Dutch 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...
Strenghtening horticulture in Jordan
Jul 2020HollandDoor 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...
Effect of covid-19 pandemic: how do we move forward?
Jul 2020With the many trainings and programs we are conducting internationally, the outbreak of Covid19 has obviously created many challenges for the implementation of our...
HollandDoor starts CowSignals training for dairy...
Jun 2020As 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...
Update on India Training of Trainer project
Jun 2020In 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...
Kick-off of TVET revitalization program in Indonesia
Feb 2020In 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...
HollandDoor in India also active in the dairy sector
Feb 2020The 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...
Further training of teachers and deans in the BFA project...
Feb 2020In mid-February 2020, for the second time, Bishoftu in Ethiopia was visited for the "Bright Future in Agriculture" (BFA) project. The focus in the week in February was...
TMT sustainable feed & waste management in the dairy...
Jan 2020At 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....
CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Jan 2020Every year, the Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation , part of Wageningen University and Research (CDI-WUR), organizes the course “ Market Access for Food and...
Effective trainings in integrated pest management in Sri...
Dec 2019For 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...
India ToT program starts deliver seminars and trainings on...
Oct 2019In 2018 HollandDoor started a three-year project in India in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetables in Baramati (see Launch protected cultivation...
ToT training in Jordan on greenhouse climate and IPM
Sep 2019In 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...
HollandDoor supports Ethiopian education in the BFA project
Jul 2019Bright Future in Agriculture (BFA), which enhances employability and food security in Ethiopia through quality ATVETs (Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and...
Third training for staff of AgroTie and AgroStar
May 2019AgroTie 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...
Strengthening vocational education in Indonesia
Apr 2019In Indonesia, various projects have been started to strengthen education, to ensure better coordination between education and the professional field and to introduce new...
Working towards modern horticultural practices in India
Apr 2019In 2018 HollandDoor started a 3-year project in India in collaboration with the Center of Excellence (see Launch protected cultivation vegetable project ) . The main...
Integrated pest management training in Sri Lanka
Mar 2019On 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...
Training at the new greenhouse in Jordan Valley
Dec 2018As 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...
AgroTie, a new center of horticultural expertise in...
Dec 2018After 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,...
Successful first Sino-Dutch tree nursery training
Dec 2018Since 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...
Training-of-Trainer project successfully started at CoE...
Nov 2018In 2017, the Baramati Agricultural Development Trust, together with the Indian government, invested in a highly innovative Centre of Excellence (CoE) for vegetables, the...
Training the staff of Colombian companies and the University
Oct 2018At the Utadeo Agricultural University near Bogota, Colombia, a demonstration project called “ Horticentro Colombia-Holanda ” using Dutch greenhouse technology was started in...
South Korean growers receive intensive tour and training...
Oct 2018Aeres 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...
Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development, Jordan
Jul 2018July 2018 HollandDoor held the third ToT (train the trainer) training for the HAED (Hydroponic Agriculture and Employment Development) project in Jordan. The training...
HollandDoor launches a new three-year horticultural...
Jun 2018During 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...
Training programs for three Greece Vocational High Schools
May 2018Groups 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...
Indian floriculture learns from Dutch developments
May 2018In 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...
CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security” again...
Apr 2018Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market Access for Food Security”. The course is targeting on mid-career...
Support Yezin Agricultural University in Myanmar with...
Feb 2018With financial support from Nuffic , the Dutch organization for internationalization in education, HollandDoor supported Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) in Myanmar to...
HollandDoor meets Indian Agro Industry at the Krushik 2018
Jan 2018HollandDoor participated from 19-22 January 2018 for the second time at the Krushik Expo organized by the Agricultural Development Trust and KVK Baramati . More than 200,000...
Chinese students submerged in Dutch horticultural sector...
Jan 201842 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....
Giving a boost to IHITC
Dec 2017The International Horticulture Innovation and Training Center (IHITC) located in Jaipur, is a governmental organization with the aim to collect and disseminate knowledge in...
Feeding Indian expanding cities
Oct 2017Every year in October, the Dutch consulate in Mumbai organizes the “Holland meets Mumbai” event. The population of India is growing, whereas the available agricultural land...
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 2017The 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...
AgroTie will boost the Horticultural sector in Karnataka
May 2017AgroTie, which is a private sector initiative, has the mission to strengthen the economical perspective of farmers and rural communities in Karnataka. Through knowledge,...
Vietnamese trainees eager to learn more about protected...
Apr 2017With financial support from EP-Nuffic, an organisation which supports the international cooperation of education, HollandDoor successfully provided a 2-week-training course...
Technical training for grape growers from Sangli, India
Jan 2017Sangli, 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...
Six-week training for CoE’s staff.
Nov 2016Maharashtra Centre of Excellence Vegetables Since the autumn of 2016 the development and building of the "Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetable Production" has been in...
India Training Group at Demokwekerij Westland
Sep 2016The 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...
HollandDoor assists with the switch from grapes to...
Jul 2016JSC 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...
Georgian Farmers Association benefits from HollandDoor and...
Feb 2016Since 2014 HollandDoor is involved in the agricultural sector in Georgia and built a relationship with the Georgian Farmers Association (GFA). In February 2016 HollandDoor,...
Market Access training for 56 participants from 14 countries
Jan 2016Every year, the Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen UR (CDI-WUR) organizes the course “Market access for sustainable development’’, which targets...
Chinese researchers informed on breeding of vegetables
Jan 2016In 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...
Vietnamese informed on trends and best practices in...
Dec 2015In 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...
Chinese teachers learn about Food Safety and Quality Control
Aug 2015In August, HollandDoor organized on request of Kenlog , a few training days about food safety and quality control in The Netherlands. The Chinese delegation existed of four...
Export promotion course for Vietnamese fruit and...
May 2015HollandDoor 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...
HollandDoor supports Georgian agribusiness with...
Jan 2015Under the title "Enhancing entrepreneurship in Georgian agribusiness, based on the value chain approach" HollandDoor has trained two Georgian organisations in October 2014...
Training for students of the Inner Mongolia Agricultural...
Oct 2014Ho llandDoor facilitated 2 trainings during summer 2014 for teachers of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and Henan Agricultural University . Both trainings were 4...
Press Release: HollandDoor supports Kafrelsheik University...
Sep 2014Kafrelsheik University, which has 25,000 students, has occupied a prominent place in the Egyptian agriculture and horticulture sector for many decades. This year HollandDoor...
Training for researchers from Henan Agricultural...
Aug 2014Between 3 and 17 August 2014, HollandDoor provided four days of training to a group of nine researchers from the Technical College of Henan Agricultural University (HAU) in...
Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agricultural...
Jul 2014From 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...
Training for teachers from the Inner Mongolia Agricultural...
Sep 2013In cooperation with the EUC association from Grootebroek, a province of Noord-Holland ( www.foundationeuc.nl ), HollandDoor has organized a three-week training for 14...
Two-week training for ADT-KVK, in Baramati, India
Sep 2013Together with Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences , HollandDoor organized a two week training on Horticultural Value Chain Development for KVK Baramati ,...
Agri-business in Tatarstan, Russian Federation gets...
Sep 2013HollandDoor 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...
Van Hall Larenstein and HollandDoor train Indian...
May 2013The population in India is growing rapidly, causing an increasing demand for products such as cereals, rice, chocolate, flowers, vegetables and fruit. Meeting this demand...