Successful trade mission horticultural sector to Mexico!

From 3-9 April, sixteen Dutch horticultural companies together with vegetable producers from the US and Mexico visited Guadalajara and Queretaro in Central Mexico. During this trade mission, organized by Ideavelop and partly financed by the CPA program of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, a virtual green house production project was set up, focused on vegetable production for export.

Underneath you can find all presentations of the seminars ‘greenhouse and climate in the greenhouse’, ‘substrate and irrigation’, ‘mechanization and post harvest’ and ‘knowledge transfer'.

Please click on each company name to open the presentation.

Furthermore Ideavelop organized field visits to production companies in/near Guadalajara and Queretaro. Medium and high tech producers were visited, among others Divemex and Agricola El Rosal and Next Vegetales near Guadalajara. From Queretaro the group went to the Agropark (Finka and Prime Harvest) and the private knowledge institute CEICKOR. The newly opened seed production facility of Dutch company Rijk Zwaan was also visited.

Last but not least, both in Guadalajara and Queretaro matchmaking sessions were organized during which the Dutch participants had the opportunity to meet with Mexican counterparts and possible clients.
The main conclusion following the mission to Mexico in April last year is still very much valid; the horticultural sector in Mexico is definitely developing, but there’s a great lack of (practical) knowledge among producers.

For more information on the mission, click here to download the comprehensive document on the conclusions or results.
If you have any questions, please contact Edwin Smit ideas@ideavelop.biz or Renee Snijders develop@ideavelop.biz directly.
For an overview of all the participants, click here

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Trade mission to Mexico, 3-9 April 2011

Following our successful mission to Mexico and Guatemala in April 2010, Ideavelop is organizing another trade mission to Mexico and this trip will be exclusively dedicated to the regions of Guadalajara, Queretaro and Toluca. The focus will lie on the vegetable and floricultural sector with special attention to production. During the mission we follow a thematic approach and seminars and discussions will be organized concentrating on the themes greenhouses and the climate inside, substrate - irrigation, knowledge transfer and finance and post harvest - marketing.

Mexico is developing fast, but knowledge exchange remains a weak link in the chain. Private initiatives focused on practical training (for instance CEICKOR) and a proactive attitude of local governments offer opportunities for Dutch suppliers of technology and knowledge.

This trade mission is being organized with financial support of the CPA program of NL Agency, division NL EVD International, and will be executed in cooperation with our Mexican counterpart, the institute CEICKOR (www.ceickor.com.mx).

Some 14 Dutch companies have already signed up for this mission! If interested you can still register via the link: www.agentschapnl.nl/cpa/mexicosierteelt.
Costs for participation are 500 Euro (excl VAT). Remaining costs for tickets, hotels and personal expenditures are not included.

Please contact us for more information via
Edwin Smit: ideas@ideavelop.biz, or Renee Snijders: develop@ideavelop.biz
Tel: 00506 22730981

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Successful trade mission vegetable sector to Central America

From 5-12 September, thirteen Dutch horticultural companies together with vegetable producers from the US and Mexico visited Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. During this trade mission, organized by Ideavelop, a virtual production project was set up focused on vegetable production for export. Underneath you can find all presentations of the seminars ‘greenhouse and climate’, ‘substrate and irrigation’, ‘post harvest and marketing’, 'finance' as well as 'Honduras', 'El Salvador' and 'Guatemala'..

Please click on each company name to open the presentation.

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Between 12 and 15 April 2010, Ideavelop has organized business meetings in Guatemala and Mexico. In Mexico we have organized this event in Hacienda Jurica in Queretaro where 14 Dutch companies have participated. In Guatemala the event took place in Casa Santo Domingo, Antigua where we were proud to welcome 22 Dutch companies.

On this page, you can find an overview of all Dutch participants.

All presentations which were held in Mexico and Guatemala can be download in next links

Presentations Monday in Mexico

1. Ideavelop
2. Holland Invernadero Total
3. Van Rijn Groep
4. DLV
5. LNV

Presentations Tuesday in Mexico

1. AWETA
2. The Greenery
3. Priva

Presentations Wednesday in Guatemala

1. Ideavelop
2. LNV
3. Holland Invernadero Total
4. Hortimax
5. Forteco
6. AWETA
7. The Greenery
8. CBI

Presentations Thursday in Guatemala

1. PUM
2. Oikocredit

The final program can be downloaded here

For an impression of the event, please read our press release (only in Dutch) here

If you have any questions, please contact Edwin Smit via ideas@ideavelop.biz or Renee Snijders via develop@ideavelop.biz directly.

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History is repeating itself; two years ago Ideavelop organized its first business meetings in Central America in Costa Rica and Guatemala. Production companies from all over Central America met with 34 counterparts from the Netherlands. This spring Ideavelop organized again a trade mission to Costa Rica and Guatemala. This event was successful as well, but the evaluation results showed that Guatemala appeared to be a more attractive destination and cooperation partner than Costa Rica. For 2010 therefore, Ideavelop decided to visit Guatemala once more in the program and to include Mexico as being the largest horticultural producer in the region.

Thus, Ideavelop will organize its business meetings next year in Guatemala and Mexico from 11 to 16 April 2010. The focus will lie on the sectors Fruit, Vegetables and Floriculture with special attention for production. These business meetings are being organized as instructed by the EVD (Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and will be executed in cooperation with the Dutch Embassies in Guatemala and Mexico and relevant local agricultural organizations.

As in previous years, Ideavelop will organize a seminar as introduction to these business meetings in 2010. This seminar will take place on Wednesday 14 October, in the RAI during the Hortifair in room G105, position 34 from 14.00-15.30 hrs.

You can download the complete program here

1. Ideavelop Guatemala

2. Priva Mexico

3. LNV Mexico - Guatemala

4. EVD programma´s

5. Ideavelop Business Meetings

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On Wednesday, the 15th of October 2008, Ideavelop organized a seminar in Amsterdam during the exhibition Hortifair. The seminar was titled:
"Central America: ‘your nearest production site to North America and Europe’."

All speeches and the program can be found HERE.

1- Programma_Seminar_Midden_Amerika_15_oktober_2008.pdf

2- Ideavelop.ppt

3- CCC.ppt

4- EVD - PSI.ppt

5- AGRITRADE_09_Guatemala.ppt

6- Pot Plants 4 .ppt

Ideavelop organized two business meetings in Central America in 2008. They were held in the same week. On the 31st of March and the 1st of April in Guatemala and on the 3rd and the 4th in Costa Rica. We invited all relevant producers and exporters from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to participate in our event in Guatemala and all relevant companies from Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica during our event in Costa Rica.
Both events were aimed at Dutch importers, exporters and investors and was focused on knowledge exchange and matchmaking. The events were financially supported by the Dutch EVD.

List of confirmed Dutch Participants (.pdf)

To be fully informed on the event and its conditions, please download these documents (all docs are in the Dutch language):

Download Invitation here (.pdf)

Download Company Profile here (.xls)

Download conditions document here (.pdf)