New Entrant netWork: Business models for Innovation
New EIP-AGRI article Even though there is a growing number of young people in the Netherlands wanting to start a career in sustainable agriculture, many Dutch farmers still have trouble finding a successor. Operational Group Land in Connection wanted to bridge this gap, so they experimented with initiatives such as the ‘farm-in-farm’ where existing farms […]
New online course helps farmers to create sustainable business models. Worldwide, farmers are increasingly confronted with global challenges. These challenges include climate change, pressure on food prices, political and societal sensitivities, and so on. More than ever, farmers have to play various roles: they have to be business men/women, HR managers, marketeers and entrepreneurs. The […]
In The impact of network projects is difficult to quantify. Therefore, we asked some of our newbies what the NEWBIE project meant to them. In the video below you can listen to three farmers explain what will stick with them most. You will meet Domen from Slovenia, Jessica from the Netherlands and lastly Steven from […]
Right before the Newbie project ends, the Belgian and Slovenian teams managed to organize a small exchange to talk about innovative marketing strategies and the role of the family on the farm. Our Belgian team invited 7 Slovenian guests (and one baby farmer) over: farmer Tilen and his wife, farmer Domen and his wife, farmer […]
We share the most interesting and inspiring stories of the international exchange in the Netherlands under the NEWBIE project, the Horizon 2020, organized by the Wageningen Research Institute in October 2021 HYBRID EXCHANGE: participants from Bulgaria, Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands were present on the field, and online presence from the United Kingdom, France and […]
In October the NEWBIE team of Business Incubator – Gotse Delchev organized three Discussion Circles in Petrich. The participants were more than 80 representatives of Vocational high school (named after Asen Zlatarov), teachers, potential new entrants and one NGO. The topics that were focussed on were: challenges for new entrants and potential farmers to implement […]
