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Establishment of a joint venture for cultivation, storage, packing and marketing of potatoes Applicant Agrico UA is a cooperation of 897 companies and is one of the leading companies in the Netherlands specialised in (seed) potato growing and a world-wide trader in seeds potatoes and other potatoes. Algeria is the largest export market for Agrico UA (30,000 tons annually).Local partner is SIG Agro Sarl and their main activity is the import and distribution of Agrico seed potatoes in Algeria. SIG Agro Sarl is the largest importer of Agrico seed potatoes world-wide (17,000 tons per year).They have a client list of 215 farmers who will exclusively supply the new joint venture. Both partners want to start a new joint venture to give training to farmers for a better cultivation and to build a storage facility that is innovative for Algeria. The storage will be exclusively equipped for potato storage.This means using the correct temperature, as well as storage ventilation. The current storage facilities in Algeria only cool and besides potatoes, also store other products. This leads to a large percentage of losses due to rotting, diseases etc. The joint venture will also provide sorting, grading and marketing of the potato production.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)A written CSR policy will be developed as one of the first steps in the first Result. The issues that will be dealt with are well-described in the plan.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsFringe benefits are low according to the plan. Wages are 25% above minimum wage in Algeria.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe major innovativeness is:- the better way of storage and- the training of farmers in better cultivation methods.The storage will be apart from vegetables and with other requirements. Especially the ventilation is new for Algeria. The joint venture develops plans to introduce ISO/HACCP in the process.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersPotato farmers will receive more income due to a higher yield and higher prices.Impact on local customers or consumersAlgerian customers will get better and more potatoes.•	Impact on the sectorOther storage facilities will learn from this approach and be able to install the same techniques. But there is no specific action in the project plan to realise this possible impact.•	EnvironmentThe project claims a positive impact on the environment in comparison to the traditional cultivation.•	Position of womenThe project claims it is difficult to get women to work in an Islamic country like Algeria.•	Impact on food safetyThe project contributes to domestic potato consumption. The establishment of a joint venture for the cultivation, storage and packing of potatoes. The planting of 5 ha of demonstration plots. The construction of a storage and sorting/packing facility with a capacity of 2,500 tons and a packing capacity of 10,0
Tadla Sustainable dairy sector This project is an incoming poultry mission with Moroccan counterparts to improve the performance of the local egg production sector sustainably. Dutch knowledge and technologies are highlighted. Discussions between Moroccan and Dutch parties are facilitated. The visit focuses on the valorisation of the output products, which are the eggs on one hand and the by-products on the other hand. These by-products are waste and the laying hens at the end of their production cycle.
Investing in durable dairy development in Tanga, Tanzania The goal of the study is to confirm the commercial and technical feasibility of the technology of Independent Energy B.V. and its partners, for a self-sufficient dairy farm in the Tanga region in Tanzania.The project will contribute to job availability in the region by creating 20 to 25 FTE. If the farm is established, 30 to 50 local smallholder farmers will be involved to supply fresh milk.Because the dairy farm will be technologically advanced, there is ample opportunity to transfer knowledge and train local dairy farmers. To facilitate this process, a tailor-made training programme will be established.
Barley Emerging Farmers Economic Development Programme Agriculture remains an important economic activity in South Africa. Historically the minority white population and the state have owned the most productive land. Although emerging black farmers have some access to agricultural land, they still lack technical and business farming skills; they are unable to secure financing and lack access to reliable markets for their produce.A study conducted by ICCO and BOP Inc in 2013 (Market Investigation of Black Emerging Farmers in South Africa Horticulture), identified production challenges (lack of irrigation capacity, knowledge and equipment, storage & transport and access to inputs) and market challenges (product quality and knowledge, standards, pricing, market knowledge and business skills). These challenges are fuelling a significant reduction in young people living in rural areas and contributing to a growing sense of dissatisfaction with the slow rate of economic progress among the majority black population.The aim of the project is developing a sustainable local quality barley supply for Heineken N.V. by empowering black emerging farmers through improved capacity and market access, which promote economic and livelihood development.The PPP project will integrate previously excluded emerging black farmers into a sustainable supply chain with a guaranteed market. For Heineken and Soufflet, the project provides enhanced business opportunities through replacement of imports with locally grown barley and strengthen BBBEE compliance. The project period provides a setting-up pilot period, which if successful provides a model for scaling up and expansion by other investors and other partnerships.The programme is being carried out by Icco, together with partners Heineken Brouwerijen B.V., Solidaridad Network SA Trust, Malteries Soufflet.
Aquifer storage and recovery techniques for sustainable banana production in the Magdalena region, Colombia The basins of Río Frío and Río Sevilla of the Magdalena region, Colombia, are home of more than 10,000 ha of banana plantations. Water supply to these plantations is important and at the same time challenging, as the availability of fresh water for irrigation in the dry season is limited, water and soils are threatened by salinization, and because the banana production areas are located between two systems of great ecological and cultural importance (the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The objective of this project is to explore alternative water management techniques with a focus on Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), to help improve water resource management in the Río Frío and Río Sevilla watersheds, and to advance sustainable banana production in the area. The idea behind ASR is to store water in the subsurface in the wet season when there is an excess, and use it in the dry season, when water is most needed. The project included a feasibility study of ASR in the banana growing areas of the basins consisting of an indicative cost-benefit analysis to explore the potential of ASR systems, the identification of the most appropriate ASR techniques and the potential areas for their implementation, and the description of the limiting factors that may arise. Several areas in the river basins were found to be suitable for the implementation of ASR systems and particularly of infiltration wells. The main aim of the infiltration wells would be to create an area in the subsurface with higher groundwater quality than the current one, so that banana yields could increase in the dry seasons when mostly groundwater is used for irrigation. This would have in return a positive effect in the river discharges, as less surface fresh water would be used in the dry season. The water balance results show that in the wet season, there is enough water in the basins for infiltration and that this would not affect ecological flows. The cost-benefit analysis showed a positive benefit of implementing ASR infiltration wells in the studied plots, and a positive return of investment. The recommendations for follow up include a water quality study and the installation of an ASR pilot in one of the plots, to locally demonstrate the benefits of these systems. The introduction and upscaling of ASR techniques will contribute to anticipating possible changes of international certification standards including new requirements on good water practices for bananas production, maintaining export markets and, therefore, guaranteeing in turn a more stable and fair income.
Maritime platform Zambia The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) will set up four Maritime Zambia round tables in two years time for the Dutch sector and will stay in close contact with Dutch representation and Zambian authorities in order to know the ins and outs of developments and business opportunities in Zambia. NWP, RVO and Dutch representation in Zambia have cautiously positioned the Netherlands well in the past few years by supporting several projects in the maritime sector. This project will ensure a coordinated approach in order to have Dutch sustainable impact.
Water Pricing for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth The Awash River Basin in central-east Ethiopia is the most utilised and industrialised basin in the country with tremendous economic importance. In the Awash sub-basin with 1,2 million water-users, almost 60% of the water of the entire basin in consumed. While the pressure on the water system is increasing due to socio-economic growth, over 90% of the water is already used for irrigation, with large-scale upstream farms being the first to abstract from limited sources. Poorly regulated water resources and inefficient use lead to decreasing agro-potential for the area, while vulnerable smallholders and downstream users are the first to ‘dry up’. A consortium of 6 partners is positioned to address the water management challenges in Awash sub-basin: 2 Ethiopian regulatory bodies, 2 private partners, a Dutch regulator partner and an NGO. The main goal is to improve the management of water resources for more equitable and efficient water use.The strategy for improved water resource management is to introduce a public revenue model for water pricing, stressing the economic value for water and triggering more efficient and equitable use. To do so the project strengthens the service provider (the regulator) on the one hand, and helps to develop (ecosystem)-services on the other hand to serve end-users and benefit the sub-basin environmentally in the long run. The service provider is strengthened through achieving i) installed instrumentation and monitoring system for informed decision-making; ii) full user-registration and an implemented priority ladder for water allocation and licensing; iii) improved open and transparent communication between regulator and water users; iv) an implemented billing & charging system. Paying water-users benefit from improved services through achieving: v) strengthened water user associations empowering vulnerable smallholders; vi) inclusive stakeholder dialogue among big/small users up/downstream on allocation and conservation services in the watershed; vii) watershed conservation and 3R-measures leading to increase resilience; viii) a scaled pilot on a water forecasting service to increase water-use efficiency. After the 6-year project lifetime, an effective and professional regulator has a financially and institutionally sustainable water pricing regime running, based on equitable allocation and a transparent licensing practice. At least 90% of user charges are collected from 80% of the water volume allocated. Improved services are indirectly benefiting all 1.2M people in the sub-basin, but in particular 190,000 people benefiting from a total of 407,000ha watershed conservation and 3-R measures; 1,700 of them being vulnerable and (partially) downstream smallholders achieving more equitable water-access, at least 40% of them women. For 20,000ha a water-use efficiency increase of 22% is achieved. The project delivers a proven PPP model for introducing water pricing and improved water service provision, for uptake in other regions.
Facility preparation of cinnamon in Indonesia Royal Polak Spices is Europe’s leading trade company in cinnamon and cinnamon-based spice blends. The objective of this investment preparation study is to investigate whether it is technically and financially feasible to invest in a processing facility in Indonesia for the automatic preprocessing (cleaning and selection) of Cassia cinnamon..
Pillar 2 – RBC Agreement for the Metals Sector, basic activities Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) AgreementsThe Dutch government has concluded agreements on responsible business conduct (RBC) with Dutch sectors and civil society organisations. The agreements set out how companies can work with civil society organisations and government to prevent abuses in the areas of human rights, labour rights and the environment.Goal of this projectSupporting civil society organisations to make their knowledge available to play a role in the implementation of the RBC Agreement for the Metals Sector.The civil society organisations contribute to reduction of International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) risks in international value chains conform their commitments, as set out in the RBC Agreement.NoteFVO's Pillar 2 projects support civil society organizations that make their knowledge of human rights due diligence and (international) network accessible to help achieve the goals of the ICSR covenants. Businesses, social organizations and government work together in ICSR covenants, to make value chains more sustainable. The covenants are organized by sector. The sectors have international value chains in multiple production countries/regions.For more information, please visit the website of the Government of the Netherlands:•	Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) agreements (https://www.government.nl/topics/responsible-business-conduct-rbc/responsible-business-conduct-rbc-agreements)
Scoping Study Upgrading Angoche Harbour The recent discovery of natural gas in the Rovuma Basin in Cabo Delgado, the mining activities in the Tete region and the growing agriculture in Central and North Mozambique, in particular, provide growing demand for transport, both internationally and nationally. Because the national infrastructure is not well suited for large-scale land transport, Mozambique’s government has identified the development of short-sea shipping as a transport modality called cabotage as a priority in its policy. Cabotage is a promising modality for long-distance freight transport. Due to the scale of transport and the shortest distance, cabotage contributes to reducing transport costs and improving the competitiveness of Mozambique in the region. One of the main constraints for developing cabotage is the lack of or diminishing infrastructure in the tertiary ports, combined with limited accessibility due to low water depth in the access channels. This study will form the basis for developing a strategy for improving the access channel, rehabilitation and expansion of port infrastructure and management of the port of Angoche.
Salmon Production in Georgia Hesy Aquaculture B.V. will research whether starting up a hatchery for Norwegian salmon in Georgia is a technically and commercially feasible investment. If the investment takes place this will help develop salmon growing in Georgia, contributing to improved food security and job creation.
Hydrologist DRR-Team Scoping Mission Tonga (DRR16TO02) The Kingdom of Tonga experienced changed rainfall patterns caused by El Niño (drought and increased rainfall) and faced severe tropical cyclones in the last 3 years. These climate change effects have a major impact on the ground water and farming activities. This project concerns the deployment of DRR-Team, following the formal request by the Kingdom of Tonga and referring to the detailed request of the Minister of Agriculture, Food, Forest and Fisheries. DRR-Team is asked to carry out a scoping mission to assess the ground water resources on Tongatapu and Éua and to advise on sustainable utilisation of ground water resources, including advice on suitable irrigation systems for agriculture and an environmental impact study.
Tailor-made training social media The Netherlands embassy in Rabat organizes specialized social media training for the trade and agriculture department. The aim is to enhance the promotion of business opportunities for both the Moroccan and Dutch private sectors.
Assessment of the needs and priorities of the JFDA (Part I) This project has two targets, they are as follows:• Assessment of the request for assistance by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration on training of food safety inspectors.• Improve the food safety situation by empowering food safety inspectors in the veterinary and phytosanitary organizations / fields whilst clarifying the mandates of the different Ministries and institutions involved in the scattered landscape of food control in Jordan.
DRRS Brazil - Porto Alegre 2024 – Drainage specialist Rio Grande do Sul, specifically the city Porto Alegre, is facing serious water problems. The heavy rain and recent floods in 2024 have caused a humanitarian crisis in the city.
Mapping agroecology Senegal This project is a mapping by RVO's team Sustainable Territorial Development (GRO), by doing desk research, interviews and a workshop.The mapping•	will eventually contribute to the development of agroecology in Les Niayes in Senegal.•	will help too	understand which stakeholders play a role and should be involved in the promotion of agroecology within the HortiCôte combitrack in Senegal;o	understand the challenges that hamper implementation and scaling of agro ecological practices;o	identify horticultural projects with an agroecological approach that are under way and for which Dutch knowledge and expertise could be of benefit;o	make a first overview of themes the stakeholders are addressing, and/or see missing;o	identify climate resilient opportunities to address under the Horticôte combi-track agroecology pillar, possibly with the engagement of Dutch organisations and companies.
Dairy Factory Peru In the Arequipa Department in southern Peru, there is no dairy processing plant producing higher added value products. All milk produced by local farmers is purchased by 1major dairy processor who evaporates the fresh milk in a local plant, then transports it to Lima for further processing. Recipient, Agricola Pampa Baja, is a local farm with a daily production of 30,000 litres of milk, and wants to increase its added value by locally producing new products like yoghurt and cheese. Applicant Lekkerkerker Dairy & Food Equipment B.V. runs a dairy plant in Lopik and also manufactures processing equipment for the food industry. In Peru, Lekkerkerker Dairy & Food Equipment B.V. sees a good opportunity to operate a modern dairy plant, as well as for marketing its products. It will set up a joint venture with the recipient and build a dairy processing plant – some 100 km outside the city of Arequipa – to produce Cream Yoghurt with natural fruit, high fat 48+ mature Gouda Cheese and Pasteurised Fresh Milk in special dispensers for school programmes. These are new products for Peru, and will create added value and several new jobs in the region.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The project will be HACCP certified, and also get a certification from the Peruvian Health Department. Local partner has its own CSR policy that is applied to the complete farm.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe project will generate 30 direct jobs, of which 11 at medium-/high-level and 19 of a basic-level. For production operators salaries will be twice the legal minimum. Two years after the pilot the number of permanent jobs will have increased to 53 (17 medium-/high-level and 36 basic-level).Besides good primary working conditions, employees will have benefits such as:- 13 months’ salary per year;- Health insurance;- Pension plan;- Daily lunch;- 30 holidays per year;- Transport to and from the farm.•	Innovation/Transfer of knowledgeThe technology for the production of cream yoghurt with concentrated fruits is new to Peru.•	Chain effectsThe main effect on the chain are the fruit supply contracts, that will generate income for at least 100 small fruit producers.A long-term contract will be signed with Fruit Products S.A.C. in Lima, a modern processing plant who will process 6,000 tonnes per year of fresh fruit into concentrated pulp, that will be supplied in aseptic packages.•	Position of womenAbout 50% of the workforce will consist of women. The project aims at setting up a milk processing plant in Arequipa, with a daily production of 25,000 litres of Cream Yoghurt with Tropical Fruit, 1,000 kg of 48+ Gouda Cheese and 15,000 litres pasteurised milk for the Government school programme.
Coastal opportunities and agricultural solutions to tackle salinity in Bangladesh The project will contribute to sustainable agriculture and food-system development on farmland affected by varying salinity levels.This includes support to increase the availability and commercial viability of locally produced salt tolerant seed varieties, agro-training to farmers in saline agriculture, support to farmers in access to markets, and the endorsement of saline agriculture by local, national and academic institutions.This will, among other things, result in:•	5,000 ha of farmland that agro-ecologically became more resilient to possible stresses and/or shocks.•	10,000 farmers (50% women) with increased productivity and income.
Study Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Kenya Climate change causes environmental problems and affects the development of the agricultural sector in Kenya. There is an urgent need to implement climate-smart solutions to help farmers adapt to a changing climate. The Netherlands can play an essential role in designing CSA plans for Kenya. The Netherlands, as an expert in the field of Smart Agriculture, can help in finding solutions for the growing climatic issues in Kenya. On the one hand, there is a need within the Kenyan agricultural sector to use climate-smart techniques to enhance climate resilience and food security and safety. On the other hand, there is a growing amount of techniques and knowledge available in the Netherlands which can provide solutions for this increasing climatic problem in Kenya. The Netherlands Embassy has proposed conducting a market study to connect the demand and supply sides. This study will investigate the business opportunities for Dutch initiatives and innovations focused on smart agriculture techniques in Kenya. It will also explore the current needs and demands of the Kenyan agricultural sector to adapt to climate change sustainably.
Business Network Afghanistan With this project the Netherlands embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan supports companies in the scale-up phase with networking events, knowledge exchange, coaching and a network, which then enables them to continue growing.
Golmagad Hydro Project Note: This project has been cancelled, because it has been withdrawn prematurely.Although this project has been approved and awarded a PSI grant, it has unfortunately never been implemented.Therefore, the full grant amount has been withdrawn. Establishment of a 580 kW hydro power plant to feed into the national grid, and (improved) irrigation to 125 ha of farm land.
Developing an education and documentation center based on a wind/solar sustainable water and electricity production on the island of Johnny Cay, San Andrès, Colombia Based on a Colombian report - Coralina seeks solutions to fulffill the needs of Johhny Cay in establishing an Eduational Centre for Sustainable Solutions. A Dutch consortium believe they can succeed and make a show case for sustainable solutions for the Johnny Cay locations and for spin-off elswhere in the Caribbean.Solteq Energy B.V. has been commissioned to carry out the project.