Horticulture Clusters in Europe

PIC meeting, 2017, Lleida

Marga Vintges

Outline of the presentation

Horticulture as organized in the Netherlands:

Greenports, a regional approach

Greenport Westland-Oostland my cluster

Horticulture an European approach

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Organization Dutch Horticulture

In Greenport Holland horticulture clusters

are cooperating as an active Dutch Network.

This way of organizing could be an example for European cooperation

Greenport Westland-Oostland

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ERIAFF

European Regions for Innovation in

Agriculture Food and Forestry

- Approachable

- Without fee

- Officially for regions in practice for Triple

Helix

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Building a network

Call: H2020-RUR-2016-2017

NEFERTITI: Networking European Farms to

Enhance Cross Fertilisation and Innovation Uptake

through Demonstration

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WP6: Policy Dialogue and network

sustainability

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South Holland, together with Tuscany, in

their role as ERIAFF members and

partners, and the municipality of Westland

and Seinajoki University are responsible

for WP 6.

Regional cluster networks would help

enormously and are interesting anyway.

First interested regions

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Conclusion

The Horticulture in Europe is

A number of unique clusters in size and

completeness

The most knowledge intensive segment of

agriculture

The possibility to feed and green metropolitan

regions sustainable

An economic interesting segment of agriculture

Europe has gold in the hands, we must cooperate

and show it. 10

Thank you

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