From Astana to Tashkent: building momentum in Central Asia

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ

After a strong presence at Grow Expo Astana, the Dutch horticultural delegation continued the KAZ-UZB-NL Trade Mission in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

What stands out?
A region moving fast, with a clear ambition to modernise its CEA sector and increase local food production.

From visits to advanced greenhouse operations just outside the city to upcoming site visits across the region, one thing is clear:

๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—–๐—˜๐—” ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

A key moment during the mission was the Netherlandsโ€“Uzbekistan Symposium on Agricultural Cooperation.
Here, several MoUs were signed, including one between Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, DGD and Export Partner exhibitions & missions on the intention to collaborate in training, trade promotion and agro-education.

The B2B matchmaking sessions translated ambition into action, connecting Dutch companies directly with Uzbek partners and laying the groundwork for sustainable cooperation.

We closed the day with a networking reception hosted by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Central Asia, bringing together public and private stakeholders around one shared goal: building future-proof horticulture systems.

๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ.
๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.