Maharashtra Centre of Excellence Vegetables
Since the autumn of 2016 the development and building of the "Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Vegetable Production" has been in progress at KVK Baramati in India. The center will be in operation by the middle of May 2017. The CoE has over 6000 m2 of plastic mid-tech greenhouses at their disposal, divided over 4 different cultivation departments using Dutch cultivation systems.
The aim of the CoE is creating awareness and acceptance of the modern Dutch techniques and practice used for the cultivation of vegetables in greenhouses by the Indian growers. By demonstrating this and through creating training opportunities in the surrounding area, this should lead to an improvement of the production and quality of the vegetables in Mahareshtra. Moreover the center will lead to employment opportunities.
Not only will the CoE demonstrate high-quality production and give trainings, but it will also take care of disease free cultivation of plant material as well as optimizing the aftercrop. The CoE should be a platform where different stakeholders meet one another and work together to further innovate the horticulture sector in Maharashtra.
Click here to find more information about the CoE Baramati or you can find the flyer of the project here.
Consortium
The CoE is being built by Jain Irrigation from India. This organization cooperates with the following Dutch consortium:
- Patron Agri Systems (engineering & assemblage)
- HortiMax (irrigation and climate control)
- Centre of Expertise Greenports represented by Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein (training)
- Lentiz Cursus & Consult (training)
- Kenlog (training)
- HollandDoor (coordinator training)
Training CoE staff
Parallel to the development and building of CoE, Baramati runs an extensive training-program in order to teach the CoE staff the necessary cultivation techniques and knowledge. Through theoretical- as well as practical lessons and excursions the knowledge, which the CoE staff needs in order to use modern techniques to grow vegetables such as tomato, peppers and cucumbers, is being taught to them. The intention is that there will be an increase of the produce through high-wire hydroponic cultivation, this in combination with a reduction of the impact on the environment and an increase of the durability and food safety.
The following tailor-made training programs are organized by HollandDoor:
- Nov – Dec. 2016: 4,5 week intensive training program in the Netherlands focusing on teaching of skills.
- Jan. 2017: 1 week training program in Baramati, repeating and going deeper into cultivation-skills and business-case-development.
- Sep. 2017: 1 week training program in Baramati, repeating and going deeper into previous training expanded with an evaluation of the first few months of the starting process of the cultivation.
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