ABOUT THE PLATFORM
“Agriculture & Food Security platform Ukraine”
Ukraine Agriculture and Food Security Platform
The Agriculture & Food Security platform Ukraine brings together companies and other organizations in the Ukrainian and Dutch agricultural and food processing sector.
The Agrifood platform facilitates networking and encourages matchmaking, with a focus on possible public-private partnership contributions to the early recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine’s agricultural sector.
Schuttelaar & Partners has been appointed as the platform coordinator, with the platform being operational since 2023.
SECTOR SPECIFIC PLATFORMS OF RVO
The Agrifood platform is one of the three sector specific platforms that was initiated by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The goal is to assist Ukraine and counter some of the adverse impact on agriculture and food security, caused by the ongoing full-scale war. The other two platforms are focused on Health Care Recovery and Water. In addition, the European Commission has established a platform for Transport and logistics.
ACTIVITIES OF THE AGRIFOOD PLATFORM
The Agrifood platform Ukraine provides information to stakeholders, organizes networking opportunities, and focuses on setting up a cluster approach for specific agricultural sectors.
Different organizations such as private sector companies, knowledge institutions, financial instutions, governmental organizations and NGOs are invited to our physical and online platform meetings, where successful examples of public-private partnerships and other relevant initiatives are presented. This is also where the platform shares relevant information about risk management and financial opportunities. Regularly we will send out a newsletter in which we communicate about relevant updates on the circumstances of doing business in Ukraine, meeting minutes and new partnerships.
To collect and provide relevant information to stakeholders, the Agrifood platform maintains close contact with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Embassy in The Hague, ministries of Foreign Affairs (BZ) and Agriculture (LVVN) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). We disseminate relevant information within the platform.
DAIRY CLUSTER OF THE DUTCH AGRIFOOD PLATFORM UKRAINE
The Agrifood platform is a platform focused on Dutch-Ukrainian collaboration in the agricultural sector, initiated by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Its goal is to assist Ukraine and counter some of the adverse impact on agriculture and food security that are caused by the ongoing full-scale war.
The platform is currently setting up a Dairy Cluster: A group of Dutch companies active in the dairy sector that are interested in cooperating with Ukraine.
This cluster has been looking for the needs from Ukraine, and how to supply to them.
Its actionplan is currently being worked out and is focusing on the themes of dairy processing and educational programs for dairy farmers.
The website ‘UAdairy Knowledge Centre for Milk and Dairy Products’ was created with the financial support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine.
All materials on the UAdairy Knowledge Centre website are protected in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine. Full or partial use of any materials, including publications and photographs, posted on the UAdairy Knowledge Centre for Milk and Dairy Products website is permitted only with an active hyperlink to the UAdairy Knowledge Centre for Milk and Dairy Products website.
