Keep in touch with the Dutch

Here we would like to tell you not only about the companies with the Dutch link operating in Ukraine but also about Dutch people who work and live in Ukraine and became famous due to their outstanding results in Ukrainian agribusiness

Successful business and charity projects - Zeelandia Ukraine

The parent company Zeelandia (founded in 1900 in the Netherlands) has experienced difficult times, significant historical events, and natural disasters during its more than 100-year journey, but despite all these challenges, the company not only survived, but also prospered becoming a successful international player. Likewise, her daughter, "Zeelandia" in Ukraine, encountered various obstacles on her 21-year journey: the Orange Revolution, the financial crisis of 2008, the Revolution of Dignity, the annexation of Crimea, the war in the East of Ukraine ... Today we are going through times of full scale war. However, all these trials only harden Zeelandia team, make them stronger and wiser. Despite external challenges, the company continues its development and growth. Read more

Arno Klijbroek - Dutch entrepreneur in Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Kyiv on February 24, 2022, marked a turning point in Arno Klijbroek’s life. It redirected his entrepreneurial spirit and adaptability into the humanitarian mission.

Doing business and supporting Ukraine - the story of Arno Klijbroek

Kees Huizinga - a Dutch Farmer in Ukraine

Kees Huizinga has been working in Ukraine for 20 years and did not leave his own farm even despite the full-scale invasion

HatchTech Ukraine

HatchTech Ukraine: delivering animal-friendly innovation in challenging times.

HatchTech Oekraïne: diervriendelijke innovatie leveren in uitdagende tijden.

Bontrup Ukraine - Bontrup: boost to agriculture and rural development in Ukraine during war

Financing Bontrup gives social and economic boost to agriculture and villages in Ukraine

Willem Nammensma - Head of Potato division Continental Farmers Group

Interview of Willem Nammensma to Plantator magazine

Kees Huisinga among TOP 5 foreigners who influenced UA agribusiness

The respondents of telephone survey conducted by AgroPortal.ua named Dutch farmer Kees Huizinga among foreigners who influenced UA agriculture the most.

Henry Bierens - the story of the Dutch ship-building engineer who became a farmer in Ukraine

Henry Bierens - co-owner of the farm LLC Yalovytska agrotechnologia (ТОВ Яловицька агротехнологія) in the village Yalovychi, Rivne Region Ukraine.

450 ha, production of grain, legumes, oilseeds and potato.

After visiting the motherlands of his Ukrainian wife Lyubov in 2004 Henry decided to stay in Ukraine and became a farmer working together with this father-in-law.

The story for the Dutch investor in Ukaine is described in the article of AgroPerspective Magazine http://www.agroperspectiva.com/ru/heroes/birensa_2018/