Groundbreaking innovations in the Horticulture Cluster

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Groundbreaking innovations in the Horticulture
Cluster

• Dr. Ger Vos
• InnovationNetwork
• The Netherlands

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Line of presentation

• InnovationNetwork
• Goals
• Characteristics
• Some examples
• Clusterinnovation in Horticulture
• Organisation
• Some examples
• Crucial factors for success

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Goals of Innovation- Network

• Why created need for breakthrough innovations
• Task to develop AND implement groundbreaking
  innovations in the fields of agribusiness, rural
  areas and food.

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Characteristics

• Financed by the Ministry ( 4,5 m.) for periods
  of 5 years
• Independant position
• Small staff, network organisation
• Strong focus on creativity, change in paradigms,
  not afraid of conflicts
• No procedures to spend money
• Failure is allowed
• Positive feedback stakeholders

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New Rivers
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Agriculture in seaports
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Clusterinnovation in glasshouse horticulture

• Alliance with foundation created by
  farmerorganisations
• 50/50 financing (300.000/year)
• Joint projectmanager
• And now some examples

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Energy producing glasshouse
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Floating Glasshouse
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Coolboxx
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Factors for success(1)

• Combination of entrepreneurship and conceptual
  thinking
• Board dominated by entrepreneurs
• A chairman with authority
• Sense of the need for groundbreaking innovations
  and the urge to implement them.

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Factors for success (2)

• Combination of long term thinking and short term
  action. Room for creative search process
• Looking for inspiration and ideas outside the
  cluster
• Total freedom of looking for relevant knowledge

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For more informationwww.agro.nl/innovatienetwe
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