Introduction of new foundations in Artificial Insemination and pig production Applicant Vereijken Hooijer B.V. (part of Vereijken Beheer B.V.) from the Netherlands, is specialised in developing and installing equipment for pig farms. The local partner, Suriname Pig Farms NV, operates a closed pig farm with 340 sows and a location for pig fattening. The breeding farm and the fattening farm are on two locations in the Saramacca district, Suriname. The partners have the intent to set up an Artificial Insemination Centre (AIC) that will service the entire Suriname pig industry. Also, a pig farm will be set up according to Dutch standards for animal welfare, a first in Latin America. Since the partners will work together with local suppliers of feed in order to optimise the feed mix for pigs under tropical circumstances, and also train the other pig farmers in Suriname on AI and modern pig farming, the project will be conducive to the development of professional standards in the local pig industry. The managing director of the local farm is a graduate of Wageningen University, where she specialised in pig farming. Her goal is to establish a representative closed pig farm, meeting EU welfare standards in a Tropical climate. The farm will be used as a demo farm for the planned equipment sales activities of the applicant in the regional markets.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The project will invest in a facility to separate wet and dry fraction, thus reducing the environmental burden caused by pig farming. Dry fraction can be used as fertilizer. The local availability of good genetic material will make inbreeding less common in Suriname. Less vulnerability to diseases will lead to less use of antibiotics, thus improving food safety.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe partners will pay living wages. As one of the few companies in agriculture in Suriname, the local partner has good staff retention rates.•	Innovation/Transfer of knowledgeInvestment in the Suriname pig industry has been limited. The local partner has a pig farm that is up to GlobalGAP standards. Partners will provide extensive training available to the entire pig industry in Suriname.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersThe partners will develop a local feed mix based on locally available products such as 'bacoven', cassava and rice bran. The partners will cooperate with local feed mill L&B Surimix NV.Impact on local customers/consumersSuccessful implementation will lead to improved availability of food safe, good quality, locally produced meat in Suriname.•	Impact on the sectorMore people will receive training than the local partner can absorb, so other farmers can use this training. Farm manuals developed for the ‘National pig association’ can be used by all 200 pig farmers (this includes the 'backyard farmers') in Suriname.•	EnvironmentThe project will invest in a waste treatment installation, separating wet and dry fraction.•	Position of womenThe project will employ a relatively large number of women. At the current operations of Suriname Pig Farms: the managing director is female, as well as most of the other staff.•	Impact on food safetyThe project will produce over 600,000 kg of pork annually. This amount is enough to substitute almost the entire amount of imported pork meat in the country. Professionalisation of the sector will end the uncontrolled use of antibiotics and thus lead to increased food safety. To set up an Artificial Insemination Centre and a Specific Pathogen Free pig farm for 340 sows, according to Dutch standards for animal welfare.