1. Food and flowers Pioneers in international business

2. From Van Gogh’s irises

3. Pioneers in international business to global food and flowers

4. Food and nutrition research Pioneers in international business

5. Irrigation systems Pioneers in international business

6. Irrigation systems Pioneers in international business

7. Biotechnology Pioneers in international business

8. The Beertender Pioneers in international business

9. Greenhouse development Pioneers in international business

10. Greenhouse development in Kenya Pioneers in international business

11. Agricultural products and food Pioneers in international business

12. Horticulture Pioneers in international business

14. The Netherlands Less than two million hectares of arable land (little over 1% of total arable land in the EU) Except for Malta, the Netherlands is the most densely populated country in the EU And yet, after the US and France, the Netherlands ranks third in terms of agricultural products and food exports The agricultural sector accounts for 10% of GDP and 1 out of 10 jobs

15. Pioneers in international business Food and flowers Food and nutrition industry (turnover EUR 13bn, 149,000 direct jobs) The Netherlands invests more of its per capita in food R&D than any other country in the world: a whopping 2% of its annual turnover, well above such agricultural and research powerhouses as the US and China Horticulture (turnover EUR 6.9bn, 269,000 direct jobs) World market leader in ornamental plant cultivation Green genetics (turnover EUR 1.6 bn, 10,000 direct jobs) Green genetics: an average of 14% of turnover invested in research and development

16. Pioneers in international business Typically Dutch The new SENSEO® Coffee Pod System by Philips combines a specially developed brewing method with freshly roasted coffee from Douwe Egberts, in convenient SENSEO® coffee pods Numico has the leading position in baby food in Western Europe

17. Pioneers in international business