Dear readers, dear colleagues,

Summer has started in the Netherlands. We are going on holidays and recharging for the second half of the year, because some exciting activities are coming up! In september we will organise an expert meeting on sustainable agriculture, with as leading question: How can agro-ecology and other approaches support farmers to feed the world sustainably by 2030? 

One other point I would like to highlight is the development of our new online platform. As you may know, Agri-ProFocus maintains similar platforms in numerous countries and on several themes. Although all the separate websites make for a wonderful community, we would love to see more cross-fertilization between the countries and easier access to important themes, no matter what country you’re from. Therefore we are going to build one system, in which you will have easy access to all the information, market offers, discussions and other posts, to which you can subscribe based on your interests. More info will follow soon!

But first take your time to read about our recent activities in this newsletter. Enjoy your holidays!

Kind regards,

Hedwig Bruggeman
Managing Director Agri-ProFcus

A review of Dutch food security policy is in the making. By the end of this year, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs will send a joint food security policy paper to the Dutch Parliament. The Food & Business Knowledge Platform has established an online consultation to ensure that the newest topics and debates on food security are included in the paper. We warmly invite you to make a contribution!

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We are proud to present our Annual Report 2013. The report provides an overview of our network’s results following the priorities as set in our annual plan. 

As promised last year the Annual Report provides a perspective on the results which are achieved in our network’s sphere of influence answering the question: “What are actors doing with the knowledge and opportunities that are created?”

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Around 2000 farmers and 38 exhibitors from Kajiado and other counties joined the livestock Trade Fair on the 26th and 27th of June in Kenya. This event was a great opportunity for farmers around Kajiado to showcase their products to the outside market as well as to learn and understand more about livestock value chains. 

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Increasing the agricultural sector output in 15 countries by providing food producers with relevant information through satellite data; that’s the aim of the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Facility. In the framework of the food security policy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands is initiating this programme. To prepare for this call, The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) has asked Agri-ProFocus for support in undertaking a set of matchmaking activities. These activities support the process of constructing and organising sustainable partnerships with stakeholders from the countries.

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