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Based in the Netherlands but with a global reach and a world-class reputation, PTC+ is a practical training centre for agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry.
Focussing on sustainability, innovation, international business and cooperation, NL Agency is the number one contact point for businesses, knowledge institutions and government bodies. You can contact us for information, advice, financing, networking and regulatory matters. Whether you are entrepreneur, (knowledge) institution or government body.
Agriterra is an agri-agency; that is to say, it is an organisation for international cooperation that was founded by civil society organisations in rural areas and the agricultural private sector.
Both ENDS strives for a more sustainable and fairer world by supporting organisations in developing countries to fight poverty and to work towards sustainable environmental management. They know their own problems like no other and they often come up with alternative solutions that work in the real world.
The ‘Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries’ (CBI) offers specialized assistance to exporters from developing countries and to European Union importers, now focusing on potential export sectors, value chains and regional markets.
CIDIN (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands) is an interdisciplinary academic institute addressing issues of development, poverty and empowerment.
Cordaid combines more than 90 years’ experience and expertise in emergency aid and structural poverty eradication. We are one of the biggest international development organisations with a network of almost a thousand partner organisations in 36 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
ETC Foundation supports people-centred, sustainable development in natural resource management and agriculture, energy and health, both in rural and urban settings. ETC’s mission is to promote sustainable agriculture and food security.
HAS KennisTransfer is associated with HAS Den Bosch university of applied science as a knowledge institute and is of service to companies in the agribusiness, food, environment and green sectors with courses, training and applied research & advice.
Heifer envisions a world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet. Heifer’s mission to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth.
The international brewing company Heineken applied for APF membership after having been part of the local sourcing event that we organised in April, where in collaboration with APF they supplied a business case about Rwanda maize.
A fair, free and sustainable world – that is what Hivos, the Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation, wants to contribute to.
ICCO’s mission is to work towards a world in which people live in dignity and prosperity, a world where poverty and injustice are no longer present.
To support leadership and develop critical mass in facilitating knowledge-based rural and agricultural innovation, the International Centre for development-oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA) provides training to professionals of education, research and development organisations.
IFDC is a public international organization addressing critical issues such as international food security, the alleviation of global hunger and poverty, environmental protection and the promotion of economic development and self-sufficiency.
At IICD, people are at the heart of what we do. We believe people need access to information to improve their lives. Particularly in developing countries. Farmers earn more from their produce if they know the current market price.
The AgriCultures Network facilitates practice-based knowledge building on sustainable small-scale family farming and food production, and a wide dissemination of such knowledge, both at local and global levels.
KIT aims to improve the livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries through social and gender equity and sustainable economic development.
Management for Development Foundation (MDF) is a training and consulting agency for development practitioners worldwide, with a mission to support and facilitate improvement of management practices within organisations active in development co-operation.
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation promotes the Netherlands’ position as a leading economy with a world-class agrifood sector.
Development cooperation is one of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ principal tasks. The Netherlands contributes 4.6 billion euros per year towards the development of poor countries.
Oikocredit is one of the world’s largest sources of private funding to the microfinance sector. We also provide credit to trade cooperatives, fair trade organizations and small-to-medium enterprises in the developing world.
We co-operate with anyone who believes in people’s own initiative: private donors, governments, businesses, the organisations of people in developing countries. Everybody can be an ‘ambassador of do-it-yourself’.
PUM Netherlands Senior Experts has over thirty years of experience in advising businesses in developing countries and emerging markets. PUM consults in almost every area imaginable: From logistics to welding techniques, and from the hotel & catering trade to carpentry.
Rabobank Foundation is a fund of the Rabobank Group that focuses on improving access to financial services for underprivileged groups and capacity building for sustainable member-based organisations.
Rijk Zwaan is a worldwide specialist in breeding vegetable varieties and producing vegetable seed of high quality. We do this in part by innovative Research & Development, inspired by the wishes and tastes of our customers.
ScopeInsight aims to give sustainable agricultural farmers access to mainstream finance by stimulating better business and managerial practices and increasing the creditworthiness of producers.
SNV is a non-profit, international development organisation, established in the Netherlands in 1965. We have been present on the ground in developing countries for over 40 years, and now operate in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Balkans.
Soil & More International B.V is a young, ambitious Dutch company which was founded in 2007 on the principle that economy and ecology are inextricably linked.
Solidaridad is an international network organisation with more than 20 years of experience in creating fair and sustainable supply chains from producer to consumer.
TASTE is an independent foundation providing services to producers and retailers who wish to meet the increasing demand for sustainable fruit and vegetables. Since 2001, TASTE assists small-scale producers to become a professional player on the world market of agricultural produce.
The Hunger Project works towards the end of chronic hunger and poverty through mobilisation and empowerment of rural (farming) communities, strengthening women’s leadership and working with local government.
Van Hall Larenstein provides training and consultancy services in human resource and organisational development by generating and transfer of innovative knowledge andmanagement skills for rural and environmental development, the agri-chain-business and professional education.
‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’. That is the mission of Wageningen UR (University & Research centre). A staff of 6,500 and 10,000 students from over 100 countries work everywhere around the world in the domain of healthy food and living environment for governments and the business community-at-large.
Woord en Daad wants to fight poverty in Africa, Asia and Central-America from a Christian perspective. Through local organizations we want to provide a decent existence for the poor. Therefore, we appeal to everyone’s responsibility, both here and over there. We like to be a strong and reliable link between you and the poor.
Food security and agriculture has been on the agenda of ZOA for years, but now it has become a spearhead issue, next to water & sanitation and primary education. Our main target groups are refugees and people who return to their homeland after a conflict. We support them in building up their life again, for example by agricultural training. Yet, we will need to pay more attention to improving access to markets for these people. The Agri-ProFocus network could help us with that.