With a growing population and an increasingly large middle class, food security for the future is a challenge in China. With a vertically integrated business model for Sino Dutch Agri-Parks, Dutch businesses are using their knowledge by working with governmental organisations, businesses, and investors to improve the yield, quality and profitability of vegetable production in mid and high tech greenhouses in China.
The Dutch Greenhouse Sector is known internationally for its suppliers of innovative and sustainable high tech greenhouse concepts, that offers increased production, food safety, lower energy and water consumption, reduce CO2 emissions, and result in a significant better yield and profitability.
In China, the current urbanisation trend is accompanied by a growing middle class. As the middle class is getting larger, the demand for healthier food is increasing. By 2030, there will be 1 billion people living in Chinese cities, each requiring 75 kilograms of vegetables per year. That development demands an increased food supply, in quantity as well as in quality. The knowledge and expertise acquired by the Dutch greenhouse sector can be an important asset in preparing China for the future.
Food security: complex challenges
Producing 75 billion kilo’s of vegetables a year high lights the complex inter-linkages between food security & safety, nutrition, rural transformation and sustainable agriculture.
A collaboration
In order to improve the yield, quality, and profitability of vegetable production in mid and high tech greenhouses in China, NLWorks supports Dutch businesses in developing a new model where Dutch suppliers, working together with governmental organisations, businesses, local investors and retail partners, join efforts to implement a collective, vertically integrated succesfull Business Model for Sino Dutch Agri-Parks.
‘’Together with NLWorks, Dutch Greenhouse Delta has been able to make several strategic choices on developing public-private partnerships in the complex & competitive Chinese horticulture market. NLWorks actively participates in public-private meetings with potential new Chinese clients and helps to organize public-private collaboration. The support of NLWorks is both pleasant and valuable for us.”
- Gert Dral. Executive Advisor, Dutch Greenhouse Delta.