Sponsors

Unlimited in varieties offering unlimited possibilities

Anthura is the worldwide expert in Anthurium and Orchid breeding with more than 80 years of experience. We recently started breeding Bromeliads. We use innovative techniques to develop sustainable varieties that find their way to consumers via growers. Our progressive and high-quality research into Anturium and Orchids has led to stronger plants with new colors and shapes. Over 700 varieties are marketed in more than 70 countries.

It is in our DNA to keep raising the bar. By working closely together – both internally and externally – we are able to stay one step ahead of the market. Only together we can create the most beautiful end-product. This fits perfectly with our mission to make the world more beautiful and allow everyone, anywhere in the world, to enjoy Anthuriums, Bromeliads and Orchids.

Beekenkamp Group has over 2,600 employees worldwide, working in vegetables, pot and bedding plants, packaging and chrysanthemums. This combination puts us in a unique position in the market. Our motto: ‘Together for the best result’ is a guarantee of quality and reliability for our customers and partners. We engage in worldwide collaboration which enables us to create high-quality products. Innovation is in our genes. We embrace new technologies and work together to achieve top quality for our growers worldwide. We are committed to our work, our products and our customers. A personal approach and short communication lines are the hallmarks of the Beekenkamp culture. And we are always looking for young professionals who want to dedicate their skills to strengthen our family business.

‘Together for the best result’

Bejo is a leading company in breeding, production, and sales of vegetable seeds. With operations in more than 30 countries, we are an internationally oriented family business. Our 2,200 employees are dedicated to developing the best vegetable varieties for the present and the future.

Together with our customers and partners we actively explore market opportunities and innovative research methods. The more we learn about plants, the more able we are to develop new varieties faster and more accurately than ever. This means varieties and seeds with even better growth characteristics that are well suited to sustainable farming. And it results in crops that meet growers’ needs and vegetables that appeal to consumers.

As the world population increases and more mouths need to be fed, there is a steadily growing need for good, healthy food. We contribute with our expertise and by further improving our breeding methods. We stay close to nature to develop the best vegetable seeds so growers around the world can harvest healthy and flavourful varieties for consumers to enjoy, today and in fifty years’ time.

B-Mex is a young and growing company specialized in the practical application of crop, greenhouse climate and soil models to support growers and farmers in their decision-making. Cultivating crops is a difficult process where many different factors are entangled and all have their effect on the crop and the eventual production. Finding the best strategy is thus not always easy and it can be difficult to oversee all the different factors that play a role. Whit changing weather conditions but also a faster changing world and climate it means that the strategy of last won’t work as good this year. Models have proven to give valuable insight in all the changing factors that influence the crop and can be of value in finding the optimal cultivation strategy for both the farmer and the environment.

The software systems we build help in the decision making surrounding the cultivations of multiple crops. In greenhouses we help to simulate the effects of different climate strategies. In arable farming we help to show the effects of decisions surrounding fertilization and irrigation. In this way we help to cultivate in a more sustainable and efficient way.

Examples of our model-based tools: 

• OCAP optimal that helps grower decide on the optimal CO₂ dosing pattern in the greenhouse.
• Gerbera Scenario Tool that helps growers determine the effect of different climate strategies via a scenario tool so they can determine the best strategy concerning the health of their crop, their energy use and the financial consequences.
• Ferti is an application we develop together with the company Van Iperen. It helps farmers gain more insight around the effectiveness of their fertilization and irrigation.

We are often looking for new people that can help us make theoretical knowledge applicable in practice. Find more information on our website www.b-mex.com

World market leader in onion seed

De Groot en Slot is a Dutch company, based in the province of North-Holland. It excels in a particular area of specialist expertise: onion seed. We enjoy more than 65 years of experience in the development and production of onion seed. A successful venture we are extremely proud of. Together with our partner Bejo, De Groot en Slot is one of the dominant forces in onion seed on the global market.

There’s a good reason why we are the leading onion seed specialists. But we don’t just do onion seeds. We develop numerous other products from the Allium group. For example, shallots, onion sets, spring onions and garlic.

We place a high value on specialism and knowledge, which is why, as a centre of knowledge and source of information, we offer huge added value, not only to growers but also to the entire onion sector.

Enza Zaden is a vegetable breeding company that develops vegetable varieties. We produce and sell the seeds of these varieties all over the world.

For more than 80 years we are working with the best that nature offers. We support this with state-of-the-art technologies to speed up our breeding process.

The results? Strong, healthy, tasty and climate-proof vegetable varieties with higher yield per square meter and less need of crop protection products or fertilizer.

Our strength? More than 2000 passionate colleagues worldwide working together on the vegetables of tomorrow. Enza Zaden is an independent family company in which employees spread across 6 continents work together closely in international teams.

Hazera is a worldwide leader in breeding, developing, producing, and marketing vegetable seeds.

Hazera’s headquarters are situated in Israel and in The Netherlands, with subsidiaries in twelve countries and an extensive distribution network providing services in over 100 additional markets.

Hazera is part of the Limagrain Group, an international agri-business based in France. Being a farmers’ cooperative, the Limagrain Group understands the needs of its customers and has grown to become the largest seed company in Europe, specializing in vegetables, field crops and cereal products.

HilverdaFlorist focuses on the breeding, propagation, and development of a wide range of cut flowers, potted and garden plants. This is done with a strong drive and focus on innovation. HilverdaFlorist is the supplier of high-quality young plant material suitable for every climate and cultivation requirement.

As a breeder and propagator of diverse plant material, we have been at the beginning of the chain for over 100 years. We find it important to maintain strong long-term collaborations with our partners, customers and suppliers, but certainly also with our employees. We work closely together, supporting each other where necessary, in order to achieve the best results together. Curious about our study and job options? Contact hr@hilverdaflorist.com or visit /www.hilverdaflorist.com/nl/werken-bij/.

Royal Netherlands Society of Plant Pathology

(Koninklijke Nederlandse Plantenziektekundige Vereniging KNPV)

The goal of our society is to exchange knowledge on plant diseases, plant health and plant protection. To accomplish this we publish a journal, organize meetings (2x p.y.) and have several working groups. Together with Semper Florens we arrange a yearly discussion / theme evening.

Interested? Students become member at reduced rate (€ 12,50 p.y.). This includes the journal Gewasbescherming (mostly in Dutch, 6x p.y.), free entry at meetings (drinks / meal included) and a nice network.

More information to be found on our website www.knpv.org

Seed Valley is the home to dozens of innovative companies that are worldwide leading in developing better plant varieties. Our seeds are spread all over the world. Did you know that more than half of all the vegetables in the world have their origins in Seed Valley?

Over 4000 employees work in Seed Valley on a daily basis to improve vegetable- and flower crops. Here ‘green software’ is developed, the genetic programming that determines how vegetables taste, the colour and size of a flower, and a plant’s level of resistance to diseases. This work never stops.