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  [ ... ]

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 &  [ ... ]

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. [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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  [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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

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  [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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.   [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

In 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 veg [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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

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 [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

(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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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  [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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

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 [ ... ]

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 ( [ ... ]

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& [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]