Food and flowers Pioneers in international business.

Food and flowers

Pioneers in international business


From Van Gogh’s irises


to global food and flowers

Food and nutrition research


Irrigation systems


Irrigation systems


Biotechnology


The Beertender


Greenhouse development


Greenhouse development in Kenya


Agricultural products and food


Horticulture


Pioneers in International Business



The Netherlands

• Less than two million hectares of arable land (little over 1% of total arable land in the EU)

• Except for Malta, the Netherlands is the most densely populated country in the EU

• And yet, after the US and France, the Netherlands ranks third in terms of agricultural products and food exports

• The agricultural sector accounts for 10% of GDP and 1 out of 10 jobs


Food and flowers

• Food and nutrition industry (turnover EUR 13bn, 149,000 direct jobs)

• The Netherlands invests more of its per capita in food R&D than any other country in the world: a whopping 2% of its annual turnover, well above such agricultural and research powerhouses as the US and China

• Horticulture (turnover EUR 6.9bn, 269,000 direct jobs)

• World market leader in ornamental plant cultivation

• Green genetics (turnover EUR 1.6 bn, 10,000 direct jobs)

• Green genetics: an average of 14% of turnover invested in research and development


Typically Dutch

• The new SENSEO® Coffee Pod System by Philips combines a specially developed brewing method with freshly roasted coffee from Douwe Egberts, in convenient SENSEO® coffee pods

• Numico has the leading position in baby food in Western Europe

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Food and flowers Pioneers in international business.

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