Kiemkracht

Kiemkracht is an alliance of the Agriculture Product Board (PA) and InnovationNetwork. Supportive organizations within the business community are LTO Nederland (Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture) and NAV (the Netherlands Agriculture Union). Kiemkracht is working on ground-breaking innovations in agriculture. The Board of Kiemkracht is under the direction of Henk Scheele.

The first three-year period was completed at the end of 2010. Both the PA and InnovationNetwork decided to extend this fruitful partnership with a further three years. The agenda for the 2011-2013 period centres on three themes:

• Sustainable honest lupin chain: Lupin is a promising new crop for agriculture – both to achieve the transformation towards a more vegetable protein-based human diet, and to serve as a source of protein for livestock feed to replace soy. This concept explores the opportunities for lupin, including the development of a fair share business model for a newly set-up lupin production chain.
• More Added Value from Agriculture: Developing new value creation and revenue models by changing the farmer’s perspective on his own agricultural business in surprising ways.
• Water, too wet, too dry and too saline: for centuries water has been the biggest problem in agriculture. Water is the theme that keeps agriculture farmers awake at night. Problems range from too much or too little water to salinization. What ground-breaking concepts can bring about breakthroughs in this area?