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Queen Máxima opens world’s first knowledge & innovation horticulture centre in Westland

Contact /Anne-Claire van Altvorst Datum /
On March 7th, her Majesty Queen Máxima has officially opened the World Horti Center in Naaldwijk. The worldwide knowledge & innovation center in the heart of Dutch greenhouse horticulture is the first of its kind in the world as a result of the cooperation between education, research, government and the business community. Minister of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality, Carola Schouten, was also present at the official opening and spoke about how this underlines the leading international position of the horticulture sector.

World Horti Center
Photo: Richard Kok Lentiz Onderwijsgroep

World Horti Center

All the links within the horticulture chain – around 100 companies – exhibit the latest innovations and development all year round in the World Horti Center. Practical education on MBO (secondary professional education), HBO (higher professional education) and university levels are offered in the heart of the sector. Students at all levels come in contact with a multidimensional career in horticulture.

Schools and business carry out research in sustainable applications in order to respond to worldwide issues such as food security, food safety, water management, sustainability and health.

As a showcase of the horticultural sector, the centre expects around 25,000 professional local and international visitors annually and it serves as a breeding ground for new initiatives, such as HortiHeroes, an incubator and talent programme for the sector.

Anne-Claire van Altvorst, Senior Business Developer Horticulture at InnovationQuarter, was also closely involved in the further development of the center:

The iconic World Horti Center embraces the entire Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector under one roof. The innovation of worldwide glasshouse horticulture takes place mainly in West Holland. And from now on we will tell this to the whole world!

InnovationQuarter’s Business Developer Colinda de Beer provided a workshop on blockchain in the horticultural sector during the opening.

 

Source / World Horti Center