ERIAFF Concerence 2014
Seinäjoki, Finland
M.G.M. Vintges, Strategic Advisor
Municipality of Westland, Netherlands
"Greenport Westland-Oostland and other Greenports in the Netherlands: Greenhouse horticulture clusters with ties unparalleled anywhere else in the world. A regional approach."
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M.G.M. Vintges
1. The Horticulture Cluster Westland-
Oostland: a regional approach
Seinäjoki 2014 June 11
ERIAFF Conference: Sustainable Food Systems
Drs. Marga Vintges, Municipality of Westland
2. Outline of the presentation
Horticulture in the Netherlands
Greenports, a regional approach
Development, experiences and
innovations
Knowledge development
International approach
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3. Horticulture in the Netherlands
• Fruits and vegetables
• Bulbs, flowers, plants
and trees
- Cultivation: outdoor and in greenhouses
- In regional clusters
This presentation focusses on
Greenhouse based horticulture clusters
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Horticulture is a Dutch “top sector”
The agenda:
• More with less: innovative solutions with less
space, water, energy and minerals;
• Food safety and security;
• Health and well-being: innovative solutions that
provide healthy food and a healthy living and
working environment;
• Cooperating value chain: innovative solutions
that contribute to efficient and sustainable
chains;
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What is a Greenport?
A large horticulture cluster of different companies,
in the supply chain, in spatial terms and in a
concentration of production, delivery, trade,
distribution and processing, which are strongly
interlinked.
Greenports: Regional Horticlusters
9. Our role as a local government
• Focussing on horticultural development and
innovation.
• Stimulating modern greenhouse horticulture.
• Facilitate economic activities in agriculture, finding
new markets, through sustainable growing of
healthy, user-friendly products and concepts.
• Stimulating international cooperation
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10. Key success factor: all the needed
experiences are available
So as there are in Greenport Westland-Oostland:
1. Propagation material and seed selections
2. Technical equipment: greenhouses, water /
heating / climate control / cooling etc.
3. Crop management
4. Agro logistic knowledge (Fresh products)
5. Marketing experience (Auction Flora Holland)
6. Knowledge institutes
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Recent Innovations
Electricity production by cogeneration
Different types of (Semi)-closed Greenhouses
Sustainable water use
Sustainable crop protection
Global economic scale of operation
Investments in new equipment to increase
productivity in order to stay in competition
Thermal storage and geothermal energy
16. Protected cultivation: better conditions
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Open field: 80 litre
water per kg tomatoes
Completely controlled
greenhouses: 4 litre water
per kg tomatoes
24. Biological crop protection
In vegetables normally only biological crop
protection
In flower and plant production less chemicals
are used
Example:
DELPHIBUG
Delphastus catalinae (predatory beetle).
Packaging: bottle
Contents: 1,000 predatory beetles
(adults) in buckwheat hulls.
Combats
Greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) and cotton whitefly
(Bemisia tabaci), all phases, with a preference for eggs and larvae.
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31. Connection with EURO 2020 and
worldwide challenges
• There will be 9 billion people to feed
• Most of them living in metropolitan areas
• Food safety and food security
• With less use of materials, water and energy
Our offer
• Experience
• Knowledge
• Cooperation
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32. International cooperation
- China
- Japan
- Germany
- Many other countries and areas
We would like to cooperate with other horticultural
regions!
mgmvintges@gemeentewestland.nl
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33. Conclusion
The Greenport is
A unique cluster in size and completeness
The most knowledge intensive horticulture
complex
The Netherlands and Europe have gold in their
hands!
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