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HORTICULTURE AND STARTING MATERIALS policy letter horticulture

HORTICULTURE AND STARTING MATERIALS policy letter horticulture. André Nieuwenhuijse Senior officer horticulture. Dutch Horticulture and Starting Materials. Global player

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HORTICULTURE AND STARTING MATERIALS policy letter horticulture

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  1. HORTICULTURE AND STARTING MATERIALSpolicy letter horticulture André Nieuwenhuijse Senior officer horticulture

  2. Dutch Horticulture and Starting Materials • Global player • Generating a wide range of products, including seeds, seed potatoes, fruit and vegetables, flowers, plants, flower bulbs and nursery products. • Responsible for some 40% of total turnover in agriculture every year = 7,9 billion Euros in 2012. • And an export of almost 20 billion Euros in 2012 (contribution to the surplus of Dutch trade balance = 20%). • Contributes to sustainable solutions - food security and safety, water, energy, health and well being and a green environment. Ministry of Economic Affairs

  3. The Golden Triangle Industry Research institutes Government Ministry of Economic Affairs The interaction of production, trade, plant breeding, supply, research, the government, banks in Public Private Partnerships The Golden Triangle

  4. ENTERPRISE POLICY Ambition – The Netherlands should be the location: • Where enterprises can grow and innovate • Where knowledge flows • Where sustainable solutions are being developed How? By generic policies – fiscal policy, less regulation, education And by the focus on our strengths: 10 top sectors More scope for businesses Ministry of Economic Affairs

  5. High tech Life Sciences Agri&Food Companies Logistics ENTERPRISE POLICY Water Creative Industry Energy Science & Education Government Chemicals Horticulture

  6. Policy Letter Horticulture 3 Ways to realise the perspective of Dutch Horticulture: • Further internationalisation and cooperating value chains • Greater sustainability in production chains • A spatial restructuring of greenhouse horticulture Ministry of Economic Affairs

  7. Further internationalisation and cooperating value chains • International competition • Developing new business models with distinctive products Ministry of Economic Affairs

  8. Further internationalisation and cooperating value chains Actions: • Chain innovation program • Proposals to adjust the single Common Market Organization (sCMO) fruit and vegetables. • Producer and branch organizations under the new CAP Ministry of Economic Affairs

  9. Greater sustainability production chains More sustainability and innovation: • Reducing environmental burden of nutrients and plant protection products on surface waters. Actions: • Market introduction innovations guarantee scheme. • Knowledge vouchers. Ministry of Economic Affairs

  10. Greater sustainability production chains Energy transition in a new phase: • Greenhouse horticulture: energy-saving champion • Making use of the geothermal potential in the greenhouse sector • Enhancing energy conservation in the region through partnerships with businesses in and outside the sector. Ministry of Economic Affairs

  11. ENERGY SAVING – INTEGRAL APPROACH • One integral approach with 7 strategies and goals for 2020 ENERGY SAVING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES EFFICIENT USE OF FOSSIL ENERGY CO2 BETTER ELECTRICITY BETTER CO₂ CULTIVATION STRATEGY LIGHT GEOTHERMAL ENERGY BIO FUELS SOLAR ENERGY Ministry of Economic Affairs

  12. Concluding remarks Perspective of Dutch Horticulture • Further internationalization • Cooperating value chains • Sustainability in the whole chain • Market renewal and new business models Especially working together.... Thank you for your attention... Ministry of Economic Affairs

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