With the support of the Dutch Government via Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) a Study Tour to the Netherlands for the group of students and teachers of 5 Ukrainain agrarian Universities was organized on growing and developing niche/nevel crop markets and strengthening of Dutch-Ukrainian cooperation in the agricultural sector.
Beeld: © https://agrokebety.com/
Dutch-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of novel / niche crops
The Ukrainian agricultural sector is looking towards greater diversification and the value-added processing of crops into products. To increase Ukrainian-Dutch cooperation in this, the Novel crops bilateral program was set up to stimulate peer-to-peer knowledge exchange to develop a business case for novel crops in Ukraine, building on knowledge and experience from the Netherlands.
The Study visit is the part of this program, which main task is developing projects for growing protein, fiber crops and high-margin vegetables in Ukraine.
The next half year, the program participants will receive a course by Aeres, and work out their own business cases regarding novel crops.
About the visit
Participants
The program was attended by students and teachers of the educational programs "Agronomy" and "Administrative Management" from 5 agrarian universities of Ukraine - partners of Educational project "Agrokebety"
Kherson State Agrarian University
Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University
Tavria State Agrotechnological University
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
During the visit, the participants got acquainted with the Dutch agricultural sector, visited farms, research centers, processing plants and spoke with experts who are shaping the future of European agriculture. Students got introduced to new crops applications and innovative cultivation methods such as regenerative practices and precision techniques.
Organizers
From the Dutch side the visit program was organized by the Food Security Platform Ukraine, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine.
Beeld: © https://agrokebety.com/
Beeld: © https://skills4recovery.org/
Dutch-Ukrainian cooperation in Agro education
Carolien Spaans, Agricultural Counsellor in Ukraine took part in the panel discussion at the presentation of the Roadmap for the development of human resource capacity in the agricultural sector. She shared the Dutch experience and her vision on imporving the agro education system in Ukraine based on the joint projects that are being implemented in this sector.