Agri - innovation is not just a cant : it is the key for gainfulness and sustainability in factory farm . The Hungarian Business Council for Sustainable Development was introduced to the Triple Helix approach .

picture : WHC .

On July 9 , a virtual commission of thirty Hungarian representatives of the Hungarian Business Council for Sustainable Development and its associates visited theWorld Horti Centerin the Netherlands . The sojourn pore on the practical carrying out of the “ triple coil ” in the Netherlands , as well as how the World Horti Center contributes to sustainability in the gardening sector , both domestically and exterior of the Netherlands and how students of all horizontal surface are ask in the joint employment towards finding solutions to the challenges of the futurity .

Photo : Martijn Homan .

Business Council for Sustainable Development in HungaryThe Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary ( BCSDH ) is a CEO - led non-profit-making organization in Hungary of 94 forward - thinking companies that galvanize the business community to create a sustainable future for stage business , society , and the environs . These company represent the 30 % of the Magyar GDP , and utilize more than 400 thousand people . BCSDH is the internal partner organisation of World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD ) .

Under the umbrella of its Action2020 programme , BCSDH focuses on the following matter such as Climate Change , Food&Nature , Water , Sustainable Lifestyle - Circular Economy , Employment . As part of BCSDH ’s Action2020 Hungary Food and Nature program , which focus on the musical theme like Climate Change , Food&Nature , Water , Sustainable Lifestyle - Circular Economy and Employment , BCSDH and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Budapest organize a singular virtual , live - direct circuit to an authoritative hub of Dutch horticultural - innovation , the World Horti Center , on 9 July for the members of BCSDH and associated contacts .

The tour was opened by H.E. René van Hell , Ambassador of the Netherlands to Hungary , and Irén Márta , managing theatre director of BCSDH . Joep Hendricks , chief operating officer at the World Horti Center , Mark Zwinkels , Director International at the World Horti Center and Gert Stiekema , Executive Director of Topsector Horticulture and Starting Materials presented operations of WHC , as well as the destination and innovative driven glide slope of the Dutch Topsector Horticulture and Starting Materials . One of the most advanced farming sectors , which defines the Dutch spirit and endeavor in agriculture , is horticulture which is well symbolize at the World Horticulture Centre in the Netherlands , Representing and include the whole horticultural chain , from seminal fluid product , through propagation to nursery technology .

Cooperation and exchanging experienceA vital constituent behind this winner is cooperation and change experiences , in edict to facilitate growth of scientific and technological know - how . Cooperation between all relevant stakeholder , inside as well as outside the Netherlands , from production , logistics and swop but also on a strategic level , the so - called ‘ triple helix ’ : the common cerebration , provision and implementation between businesses , inquiry and government . It enables a holistic approaching to better coordinate horizontal issues that enable to unchain the potential of the most specialized Department of State - of - the art cognition .

Being the strong-arm result of this Triple Helix , World Horti Center bring students , teachers , raiser , entrepreneurs , governance officials and enquiry together on a casual base . Whereas USDA / gardening have long time been considered to be ‘ not sexy ’ as an industry to work in for young & gifted people , the enterprisingness World Horti Center have managed to increase the number of new ‘ recruits ’ for our shoal by 40 % after the opening of the World Horti Center .

Another monitory business - push result was the realization of the All - Climate Greenhouse concept , a nursery that work as a simulator in which we can simulate every mood on the planet and test our crops & technologies to those specific circumstance , before sending ( plant)material all over the world . A concept which introduce with digitalization and precision techniques .

Source : Agroberichten Buitenland .