Magdalena's governor from Colombia visits the Netherlands

Published 2021년 9월 17일

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The governor recently held meetings with Dutch organizations to discuss projects under the 'Water for Agriculture' theme in the Magdalena department. These projects aim to make agricultural production more circular, including efficient irrigation techniques for oil palm cultivation, aquifer storage and recovery techniques for banana and plantain production, and enhancing water governance. The governor also visited the University and Research Center of Wageningen to discuss circular agriculture in the palm, banana, and protein sectors. This visit is expected to strengthen Dutch-Colombian relations and the cooperation focused on the economic and productive reactivation of Magdalena.

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The governor held meetings with the Netherlands Business Agency (Internationaal Ondernemen - RVO, the Ministry of Water and Infrastructure (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) and the company Deltares on the projects under the theme of "Water for Agriculture" that are being executed in the region with funding from the RVO Agency's #PartnersForWater program.Agriculture being the main water user frames a different dimension/perspective of problems related to water.For this reason, recently an holistic collaboration with Dutch-Colombian consortia began in the Magdalena department aiming at making agricultural production more circular by: a) introducing efficient irrigation water techniques for oil palm cultivation, led by the company Delphy; b) introducing aquifer storage and recovery techniques for banana and plantain production, led by Deltares; and c) enhancing water governance between banana, coffee and palm oil producers through support to the Water Stewardship ...

Source: Agroberichtenbuitenland