Highlights Agroberichten Buitenland week 22, 2023

Het Franse ministerie van Landbouw en voedselsoevereiniteit versterkt het steunplan voor de biologische landbouwsector met een extra steun van bijna 200 miljoen euro.

Crisis in de Franse biologische sector

Eleven companies at the Orange Pavilion, a panel on the local sourcing of fruits and vegetables. Report from the 2023 Novi Sad Agriculture Fair.

Eleven Dutch companies at the largest international agriculture fair of the West Balkans

On 12 May 2023, the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development published Order no. 70/2023, establishing a new aid scheme, financed, with a total budget of EUR 500 million (from the Modernisation Fund) to be implemented between 2023 and 2028.

Renewable energy production scheme for agri-food producers

Kees Huizinga has been working in Ukraine for 20 years and did not leave his own farm even despite the full-scale invasion.

Despite War, Dutch Farmer Kees Huizinga Stays in Ukraine to Help Country

De laatste agri-food nieuwsberichten uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk in een behapbaar formaat.

Bite-sized: het wekelijkse nieuwsoverzicht uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk

De Nederlandse ambassade organiseerde op 3 mei jl. samen met LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) een expert meeting over regeneratieve landbouw. Meer dan 50 vertegenwoordigers uit de agrarische, academische en publieke sector waren aanwezig bij dit evenement in de City of London. 

Seminar Londen: Regeneratieve Landbouw

Ethiopië staat met haar omvangrijk(e) areaal, veestapel en bevolking bekend als één van de meest interessante landen op het Afrikaanse continent als het gaat over de veehouderij sector. Van 26 - 28 oktober wordt in Addis Abeba de Africa Livestock Exhibition & Congress (ALEC) gehouden. De jaarlijks gehouden ALEC is de grootste internationale veehouderij-beurs in Ethiopië en is vooral gericht op zuivel, pluimvee en aquacultuur. 

NL Paviljoens gepland op de grootste veehouderijbeurs in Ethiopië

After launching the very first Best Fish Farmer Competition in 2021, Lattice Aqua and Larive International decided to build on the momentum and organize a second competition in March 2023. The response was overwhelmingly positive.

Renewable energy production scheme for agri-food producers

FeedTechKenya has been a great success and the impact tour activities (round table sessions, feed miller focus day, participation in best fish farmer competition and visits to players all along the value chain) have positively contributed to the development of the animal feed sector, in terms of knowledge sharing, exchanging expertise and transferring the outcomes of the alternative protein trials with tilapia and broilers.

KENYA: Impact Cluster FeedTechKenya

The poultry fact-finding mission was part of the results set out in the embassies annual plan, namely the strenghtening of the poultry sector in Senegal.

Senegal-Fact Finding Mission on Poultry

Latest news headlines paint a dull image about South Africa’s economic situation, and the country’s political behaviours on the international stage don’t seem to help either.

SAIC 2023: South Africa, a country full of surprises!

Agri-food exports from the Netherlands to Mexico continue on their growth path and reached a record total value of € 522 million in 2022, with vegetable seeds, fertilizers and dairy products topping the list.

Continued growth of Dutch agri-food exports to Mexico; Dutch agri-food imports from Mexico fall

Gasten op de residentie van de Nederlandse Ambassadeur in Tokio konden dit voorjaar tot twee keer toe genieten van prachtige bloemstukken van de hand van één van Nederlands bekendste bloemdesignduo’s, Dennis Kneepkens en Mick Stubbe.

Bloemen in Japan en Nederland: bespiegelingen over verschillen en kansen - interview met bloemdesigners Kneepkens en Stubbe

In the Netherlands, vertical farming is considered an expensive and uneconomical business, as it costs a lot for construction, LED, and energy. This kind of business is exceptionally possible in South Korea because the average agricultural produce price is double the world prices in South Korea. Therefore the indoor farm can profit despite the enormous investment and operating costs. 

Have you ever seen a vertical farm growing strawberries? The farm is here in South Korea.

The regional collaboration to support Dutch companies who are interested in doing business in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam has been established as ASEAN-5. It is a strategic collaboration between various ministries on a multi-year basis with focus on different specific sectors in which Agri-food is one of the priority sectors.

Do you want to connect your agri-food business in the ASEAN-5 region (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)?

The first Global Foodture Mission Thailand 2023 led by Foodvalley NL successfully underlines Thai – Dutch sustainable partnerships on agriculture and food system through collaboration and innovation, according to Gijs Theunissen, Dutch Agricultural Counsellor.

Global Foodture Mission Thailand 2023

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