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Topsector Agri&Food

Topsector Agri&Food

Eranet ict agri okt , 2015

Eduard van BeusekomMinistery Economic Affairsof the Netherlands

TKI Agri&food

5-6-2012 2

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

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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

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Strategy Topsector Agri&Food

Our ambition

Our position

We plan to

We accelerate by

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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 2016-2017 ).

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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

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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 office Execution board actions

Directors fundamental / Applied research / Innovation brokers

• Roadmap commisions: Knowledge and Innovation Agenda

Exploring isues economic / scientific / society

Knowlegde and Innovation challenges

Prioritization

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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

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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

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Major Tool: Demand driven R&DFirst Results 2013: Research and Innovation

Number of Projects

Number of participants

Public financing (€ mln)

Private Financing

(€ mln)

Total

Financing

(€ mln)

Fundamental

PPP (NWO)

ca 20 ca 40 10 0.5 10.5

Applied PPP(WUR / TNO)

48 183 15,4

(+30)

25 40,4

(+30)

SME Feasibility study

24 34 1 1 2

SME Innovationproject

30 85 8.1 12.2 20.3

TKI-surcharge 8.6 14.7 32.4

122 362 73.1 52.9 126

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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, …)

www.tki-agrifood.nl/