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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Jan 2020

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 [ ... ]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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. [ ... ]

Read More
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  [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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  [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
‘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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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  [ ... ]

Read More
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 –  [ ... ]

Read More
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  [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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),  [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
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 [ ... ]

Read More
CDI-WUR Training “Market Access for Food Security”...
Jan 2020

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 [ ... ]

Read More
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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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