Topsector Agri&Food Eranet ict agri okt, 2015 Eduard van Beusekom Ministery Economic Affairs of the Netherlands TKI Agri&food

Content Position and Strategy Topsector Agri-food Innovation contract; purpose and framework Governance Knowledge and Innovation Structure and governance Results: programs and Private – Public Partnerships

Position of Top sector Agri & Food: World class players in every segment of the chain ! Seed technology Agriculture Processing Transport Feedstock, Ingredients Manufacturing Marketing, Branding Retail Consumers Food preparation Consuming

Strategy Topsector Agri&Food Our ambition Our position We plan to We accelerate by

Innovation contract; purpose and framework (1) PURPOSE Overall strategy, agenda and financial commitment; Innovation issues and balanced mix of fundamental and applied research and knowledge transfer; Starting with economic and social innovation needs (demand driven), compared to the potential of the knowledge (excellence); Two yearly update (rolling agenda, update ).

Innovation contract; purpose and framework (2) FRAMEWORK Demand-driven by private sector, government and research institutes. Private sector in the lead Public-private financing: private share 50% (top sector A&F) From 2015 onwards: Public-Private K&I investment 150 million / year Public budget in 2014: € 86 mln Applied research€ 43 mln (WUR; 34, TNO; 9) Fundamental research € 15 mln SME innovation fund€ 2 mln TKI subcharge€ 9 mln (2013) Department€ 17 mln Private funding in 2014: € 85 mln

Governance Knowledge & Innovation Topteam Overal Vision and Ambitions Financial agreement / Innovation contract TKI board Implementation the stategy for Knowledge and Innovation Choise and finance of Instruments TKI officeExecution board actions Directors fundamental / Applied research / Innovation brokers Roadmap commisions: Knowledge and Innovation Agenda Exploring isues economic / scientific / society Knowlegde and Innovation challenges Prioritization

TKI AgriFood Structure and governance; decision proces Minister decision (public money) Topteam: Advice TKI-Board: Advice Topteam TKI office: proposal Allocation TNO en WUR Allocation TKI-subsidy Foundation TKI AgriFood + Office Inzet NWO

Structure and governance; process adjustments (2) Procedure call new proposals Pre proposal + 1st assessment (appropriate) Full proposal + rating (ranking) Fit within budget + contract Independent assessment Following ambitions and priorities Innovation Contract (IC) Agri&Food Overall quality (knowledge / innovation task focus, consortium and approach) impact of economic, social and scientific business contribution

Major Tool: Demand driven R&D First Results 2013: Research and Innovation Number of Projects Number of participants Public financing (€ mln) Private Financing (€ mln) Total Financing (€ mln) Fundamental PPP (NWO) ca 20ca Applied PPP (WUR / TNO) ,4 (+30) 2540,4 (+30) SME Feasibility study SME Innovationproject TKI-surcharge

Public-private partnership 2014 Challenge: More with less (examples) Small scale biorefinery (40 Bodec + SME) Building blocks for sustainable packaging materials (CSM + ) Feed4 foodure (Agrifirm +) Reduction antibiotic resistance and use (LTO-Farmers union) Program farming arable – soil (Product Board) Food and health (Product board and Farmers union) Breed4Food (4 dutch breeders firms) Sustainable dairy chain (RFC, Dutch dairy union,..) Global Sustainability Consortium (Aholt,..) Market outlook & intelligence (RFC, …)

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