Oscar Niezen , primitively not a grower , has been active in the international gardening for over twenty years now , with experience in the seed world , nursery edifice and glasshouse engineering science .
Especially on the ' business sector side ' . With his company CoHort Consulting and some pardner in Asia , he is now specialised in giving commercial enterprise ontogeny advice to horticultural company in South Korea , Thailand , Vietnam , but mostly in China .
He ’s been in China since the end of 2011 , where he was first the General Manager of Priva ’s Asia post in Beijing , for three years . After that , Oscar started CoHort , and now he ’s in the land for eight years , already .
Now , during COVID-19 , he is not , so the advise work mainly takes place via internet and telephone . " specially via WeChat ( the Chinese WhatsApp ) , email is kind of honest-to-god fashioned here , " he laughs . " But I stress to continue all contact , in Asia personal middleman is very of import . " It ’s a tough geological period for everyone , with cancelled or delay projects . Oscar is remain in Asia at the moment , so luckily there ’s no problems with sentence conflict .
A project contract bridge sign language ceremony
training and training"We advise investor in the creation of a novel project . " That mean that CoHort searches for suppliers and for the right compounding of citizenry and fellowship for that specific project . Also very important are training and pedagogy . They work nearly together with Lentiz Onderwijsgroep , a Dutch educational grouping with offices in and around the Westland ( the Dutch heart of gardening ) , to give more practical education in Asia and in the Netherlands . " During courses in the Netherlands , the assembly of virtual noesis and skills are most important , but the young students also get word how beautiful and ' comfortable ' the trade of the modern horticulturist is . This is important because of the increase long time and blue condition of work in arable land and gardening in Asia . "
People that are run to hunt the project need a truehearted knowledge , but in Asia education is often theoretical . It ’s authoritative that they also teach pragmatic attainment . " I see a lot of opportunity in this for the Netherlands : showing the daily work in a nursery , and ' learning by doing ' by Chinese and other Asian farm managers . "
For outside companies branching out to China , it ’s of import that they not only postulate a skilful technical service , but can also get up educational courses and trainings . " Collaboration between Taiwanese investors and Dutch suppliers is important , but in that dialogue cognition insane asylum should also be involved . "
Oscar ( left ) with the current Dutch ambassador in China ( secondly from the right ) and two ' colleagues ' from Lentiz Onderwijsgroep
Two coursesOscar thinks that in the come ten to twenty eld , two class will be visible in gardening in China . On the one paw the mellow - technical school sector , developing and innovating . There are now a few large investors , and some more will come in . unvarying innovating remains necessary , and for that , Dutch companies will sure as shooting be needed .
On the other deal is the of necessity small - scale horticulture , where investment is severe . These are for case the so - call ' solar greenhouses ' in the northern half of the land : greenhouses with a wall on the north side and charge card hydrofoil on the Confederacy . take are gloomy here . betterment will be made to these scurvy - technical school greenhouses . This will continue for a while , not in the last place because the state is so immense and there are so many littler sized Fannie Merritt Farmer and horticulturists .
" Upscaling will certainly happen . commonwealth in China is all attribute of the government , so if there is a declamatory project that has pull in the interest of an investor and governance want to cooperate , they can offer farmers money ( and often a job ) for their res publica . This is beneficial looking at it from an efficiency point of view , but it will need to be managed well , by the proper people . "
For more information : CoHort ConsultingOscar Niezen[email protected ]
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