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Preharvest visit March 2020

Apr 22, 2020

During the first week or March, Agroplant and Advance Consulting visited Bangladesh for the Potato Impact Cluster. They were welcomed at the warehouses of Rangpur Himagar Pvt. Ltd. and Salamin Foods Ltd. and they also visited the potato fields of the selected potato...

Pilot potato growers selected, trained and supplied with improved seed potatoes

Feb 11, 2020

During the second half of 2019,the pilot potato growers were selected by the partners. In Rangpur (Rangpur Himagar) the project will work with 5 selected potato growers and in Joypurhat (Salamin Foods) with 4 selected growers. The 9 potato growers together have an...

Bangla business partners selected!

Feb 11, 2020

Unsuitable storage facilities and lack of knowledge on quality storage and handling of potatoes are the cause of a lot of unnecessary losses of quality and volume during storage. There is need for improved storage, grading, handling and packaging technologies that...

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Advance Consulting

Advance Consulting is a Dutch business advisory firm for investments and projects in emerging economies. We assistcompanies and advise government agencies and development organisations on sustainable business development. Advance Consulting is responsible for the overall project coordination and management of the Potato Impact Cluster. In addition, the company will provide technical support on business assessments and financial and economic analyses of new business models in the Bangladesh potato sector.

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Agroplant Holland

Agroplant is specialised in the breeding and supply of high-quality, disease-free seed potato varieties. The company offers a wide range of varieties and has been supplying the Diamant variety to Bangladesh since 2005 and the Metro variety since 2016. Agroplant will supply high-quality, disease-free Diamant and Metro seed potatoes and technical support to the potato growers participating in the pilot.

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Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions

Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions is an Innovative Dutch company with over 25 years experience in developing efficient, long lasting palletizers. The company is active in 36 different countries and has branch offices in the USA and Bangladesh. Verbruggen will demonstrate a state-of-the-art palletizer at the selected potato trader and technical staff will provide training and coaching support.

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Allround Vegetable Processing

Allround offers a range of storage, sorting, grading, washing, polishing, brushing, weighing, bagging and material handling lines for vegetables and potatoes. The company has dealerships worldwide, including in Bangladesh. Allround will demonstrate its storage, sorting and grading solutions at the selected potato traders. In addition, the company will provide technical assistance to facilitate the uptake of the demonstrated solutions.

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Deltadesh Pvt Ltd

Deltadesh is a Dutch-owned private company headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The company is specialized in procurement, contracting and implementation of turn-key projects in different sectors, including agriculture. Deltadesh will act as the local support office and will assist with the data collection for monitoring and evaluation of the project’s progress and impact.

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RVO

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) encourages entrepreneurs in sustainable, agrarian, innovative and international business. RVO provides 50% co-funding for the pilot activities implemented with support from the private sector partners.

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Address
Deltadesh (Pvt.) Ltd.
Apt. C-1, House 1/A, Road 79, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
info @ dutchbanglapotatosupport.com
+ 880 1616 661706