High-tech solutions along the Indian supply chain

• Region: India
• Sector: Commodities & Horticulture
• Duration: 2010-2016
• 27 Project partners
• Public-private partnership co-financed by the Dutch government

A consortium of highly innovative Dutch companies operating in the food sector, providing high-tech solutions along the supply chain.

Key Achievements

• Explored and innovated Indian agro-food value chains (bakery, fruits & vegetables, meat & fish, cooling, education).
• Facilitated knowledge transfer of Dutch technologies and best practices.
• Organised industry events like fairs, impact tours, and exchange programs.
• Conducted demonstration projects and feasibility studies in India.
• Connected Dutch companies with Indian stakeholders for potential partnerships.

FoodTechHolland (FTH) is a public-private partnership that has been active in India from 2010 until 2016. As a consortium of Dutch agro-food companies, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the 2g@there program (2010-2013) and the Partners for International Business program (2014-2016). The consortium partners of FoodTechHolland have worked together to explore and innovate Indian agro-food value chains. Activities such as fairs, impact tours, exchange programs, demonstration projects and feasibility studies were organised. Dutch knowledge and innovation was transferred into different sectors: bakery, fruit & vegetables, meat & fish, cooling and education.

Companies

The consortium initiated and coordinated by Larive contains the following sector experts:

• Capway Bakery Automation
• East-West Seed
• Fancom
• Heiploeg Group
• Hypor
• IBK Groep
• IPN
• Kiremko
• Koppert
• Larive (initiator and coordinator)
• Lentiz Onderwijsgroep
• Market Food Group
• Metaflex
• Miedema
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
• MPS
• Partner Logistics
• PRAXAS
• Priva
• Rademaker
• RBK
• Rijkzwaan
• Schouten Europe
• SELO
• Solidpack
• Tolsma
• VEK Adviesgroep
• VHL (Van Hall Larenstein)
• WUR (Wageningen University & Research)

This Partnership contributes to the following SDGs:

SDG 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure.
FoodTechHolland focuses on exploring and innovating Indian agro‑food value chains and transferring high‑tech Dutch solutions (cooling, processing, horticulture technologies) across multiple food sectors, which fits SDG 9’s emphasis on promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, upgrading industries, and fostering innovation. Its demonstration projects, feasibility studies, and technology transfer into Indian agro‑food chains align with SDG 9 targets on upgrading industrial infrastructure and supporting domestic value addition to commodities.

SDG 17 – Partnerships for the goals.
The initiative is a large public‑private partnership of 27 Dutch companies and Dutch government support, working with Indian stakeholders to share knowledge, expertise, and technology, which directly reflects SDG 17’s focus on multi‑stakeholder and public‑private partnerships for sustainable development. SDG 17 explicitly calls for partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, technology and financial resources across countries, matching FoodTechHolland’s role as a Dutch–Indian collaboration platform.