About the Top Sector for Horticulture & Starting Materials
The Top Sector for Horticulture & Starting Materials is one of ten top sectors in which the Netherlands excels worldwide. The corporate community, universities and research centres, government bodies and civil society organisations collaborate on research and innovation, internationalisation, human capital and the reduction of regulatory pressure to further strengthen this position.
The Top Sector for Horticulture & Starting Materials
The goal of the Top Sector for Horticulture and Starting Materials is to be the world leader in successful solutions for global societal challenges in the areas of horticulture, food and a green environment.
The Horticulture & Starting Materials sector has a number of strong assets. We are an international market leader representing a strong, innovative and highly productive sector that has highly efficient logistics and processing systems at its disposal. We have the best research institutions in the world, and public-private cooperation between industry, academia and the government is an intrinsic part of our genetic make-up. By joining forces, we can tackle societal challenges while concurrently strengthening the economic clout of the sector. We do this at both national and international level.
The Top Sector in Figures
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SMEs
Horticulture & Starting Materials is composed largely of small and medium-sized enterprises. This solid basis in which many SMEs, many of which are family businesses, collaborate with one another is a guarantee for innovation and the ability to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the market.
The top sector focuses on three lines:
- Research and innovation
- Human Capital Agenda
- Internationalisation
Cooperation within the ‘golden triangle’ of industry, academia and the government is a basic premise in all the projects conducted within the scope of these lines.
About the Top Sector for Horticulture & Starting Materials
The Top Sector for Horticulture & Starting Materials covers all plant-based chains in the horticultural complex and, with regard to starting materials, the entire plant-based horticultural and agricultural complex. Thus, the top sector represents both the starting materials and production (greenhouse and open field) sectors, as well as companies engaged in processing, supply, trade and distribution. It is a broad sector with sub-sectors ranging from vegetables, fruits and trees to flowers and bulbs. The starting materials sector focuses on starting materials such as seed potatoes, planting materials and seeds.
For more information on the approach pursued by the top sectors, visit www.topsectoren.nl.