In the Gambia, everything is a surprise!

Text: Ine Sturkenboom Images: Ine Sturkenboom Smart farming for SDG’s The National Food Security Processing & Marketing Corporation  from the Gambia has entered a collaboration with mechanisation company Tijms VOF from Geesbrug in the Netherlands. In this collaboration, the aim is to improve food security, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). At farm […]

Ukraine: Build Back Better

text: Jan Steverink images: Jan Steverink What do you do…. .. when your country is invaded by a neighbouring superpower, part of your population has fled to other countries, and your key agricultural infrastructure , production and services were at risk or destroyed? In Ukraine, UCAB (the Ukrainian Club for Agri-Business) and its agricultural universities […]

AMOOVE21 brings students together

text: Marina van Staveren image: Marina van Staveren     Amoove21 is an Erasmus+ KA2 project which brings together students and professionals from five Agricultural VET (Vocational Education and Training) colleges in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Norway in the fields of Livestock & dairy farming, Equine & horse management and Animal care. Learning units […]

American greenhouse horticulture gaining momentum

Text: Groenpact Images: Marjo Baeten     It could use some acceleration, the ambitious cooperation plans between the Netherlands and Kentucky. There is still little cooperation, especially in the field of education. A voucher from the Green Pact Acceleration Program Internationalization made it possible for a delegation from HAS green academy, InHolland and Yuverta to […]

Digital Farmer Field School

Story Loes Witteveen All images courtesy of Loes Witteveen   The professorship Communication, Participation and Social-Ecological Learning (CoPSEL) of van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (HVHL) has been active for several years in the Enrekang district of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The local government, district offices of agriculture, environment, livestock and disaster management, UNIMEN university and […]

Practors promote research in VET Schools

text: www.practoraten.nl   In many VET schools, teacher teams link research to practice in a new concept: practors and practorates.  Teacher-researchers (practors) have formed a multi-disciplinary teacher team (practorate). Practors operate as mediators between research and education practice. They entice teachers and students to join a practorate to participate in a research project or reflect on potential reforms […]

Dutch VET students in Indonesia.

story: Thijs Rutters images: Thijs Rutters   The welcome was unforgettable! A clear blue carpet, a banner with beautiful words of welcome, traditional Indonesian dance and an enthusiastic audience:  it was an impressive arrival at the SMK1 (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan) in Maros on Sulawesi. SMK1 is a VET school that offers, among other things, a […]

Lots of opportunities in the Romanian dairy sector

story: MischaBosman images: Mischa Bosman Once there were 8 million dairy cows in Romania, now there are only 2 million and the milk production of these cows is declining. Why is this? Here’s the story! Situation in Romania There is a lot of agricultural land available in Romania, with high potential to contribute to food […]

Livestream from Helsinki

Text : Jan Steverink images: Zone.college   In the Netherlands, most green VET schools offer courses for veterinary nurses. It is a very popular course, with good job opportunities. In fact, it is one of the few courses with limited enrollment (numerus fixus), so as not to overflow the labour market. In 2020, we were […]