private sector

In the designing phase of the next generation of CGIAR Research Programs a public-private sector event “Linking Public Goods with Private Interests to Scale Up Agricultural Innovations and Impact” was held in The Hague on September 21, 2015. »

The Fit-to-Purpose programme is an initiative by Pure Birds and the Postharvest Network and is supported by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform. The objective of this programme is to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation of Dutch companies in agrofood value chains in developing countries. The approach is aimed at the development of simple and sustainable »

The Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR Consortium) is developing new research programs for the period 2017-2022 and seeks to work more closely with the private sector in its new strategy. CGIAR has already good examples of cooperation and success, but there is more potential. Together with Dutch co-organizers, a CGIAR Public-Private Sector event »

Monday September 21, 2015, eighty international and Dutch participants shared best practices on the collaboration between public and private sector in research partnerships, discussed the role and position of partners, and explored opportunities for the development of the new CGIAR research programs. »

Dutch development policy from aid to trade In 2010, Dutch policy for development cooperation was urged by experts to focus on agriculture as one of the areas where the Netherlands has an international comparative advantage. At the time, this prompted the minister in charge of development to make food security one of the spearhead themes »

The Young Expert Programme Agrofood (YEP Agrofood) is now official; the Partnership Agreement has been signed!  Marcel Beukeboom – Head Food & Nutrition Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands -, Lennart Silvis – Managing Director of the Netherlands Water Platform (NWP) -, and Hedwig Bruggeman – Managing Director of AgriProFocus (on behalf »