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Food and flowers
Pioneers in international business
Pioneers in international business
From Van Gogh’s irises
Pioneers in international business
to global food and flowers
Food and nutrition research
Pioneers in international business
Irrigation systems
Pioneers in international business
Irrigation systems
Pioneers in international business
Biotechnology
Pioneers in international business
The Beertender
Pioneers in international business
Greenhouse development
Pioneers in international business
Greenhouse development in Kenya
Pioneers in international business
Agricultural products and food
Pioneers in international business
Horticulture
Pioneers in international business
Pioneers in International Business
Pioneers in international business
Pioneers in international business
The Netherlands
• Less than two million hectares of arable land (little over 1% of total arable land in the EU)
• Except for Malta, the Netherlands is the most densely populated country in the EU
• And yet, after the US and France, the Netherlands ranks third in terms of agricultural products and food exports
• The agricultural sector accounts for 10% of GDP and 1 out of 10 jobs
Pioneers in international business
Food and flowers
• Food and nutrition industry (turnover EUR 13bn, 149,000 direct jobs)
• The Netherlands invests more of its per capita in food R&D than any other country in the world: a whopping 2% of its annual turnover, well above such agricultural and research powerhouses as the US and China
• Horticulture (turnover EUR 6.9bn, 269,000 direct jobs)
• World market leader in ornamental plant cultivation
• Green genetics (turnover EUR 1.6 bn, 10,000 direct jobs)
• Green genetics: an average of 14% of turnover invested in research and development
Pioneers in international business
Typically Dutch
• The new SENSEO® Coffee Pod System by Philips combines a specially developed brewing method with freshly roasted coffee from Douwe Egberts, in convenient SENSEO® coffee pods
• Numico has the leading position in baby food in Western Europe
Pioneers in international businessPioneers in International Business
Pioneers in international business