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Agricultural Assistant at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Mexico

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My name is Frank Hoogendoorn and I work in the Netherlands Embassy in Mexico

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Mexican inspiration

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There are many differences between regions;

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every place has its own typical food,

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its own typical history,

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its architecture

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well, its people... That inspires me a lot.

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My wife is Mexican

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so since the very first day

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I'm part of all the customs,

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all the engagements.

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My biggest advantage was to have a Mexican lifestyle

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An ocean of possibilities

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We're both countries with a coast.

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The port of Rotterdam is very important and well-known around the world

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and it's the entrance to Europe for many products.

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On the coasts of Mexico there are several ports as well

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and this ports connect us,

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there's an ocean in between

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but these ports allow us to

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export and import products.

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Both countries are great tomato exporters

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globally Mexico is the number one

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and the Netherlands is number two.

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The Mexican horticulture sector is developing

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and they are interested in getting Dutch technologies.

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I receive requests from Mexican people who want to go to the Netherlands

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and see with their own eyes how does the sector work there

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Production takes place in substrates

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with trickle irrigation

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in controlled environments

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where you can control

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the temperature, ventilation,

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the amount of light inside

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and with all these technologies

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the Netherlands can be a good partner

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Dutch technology with Mexican outcomes

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Mexico is a huge country,

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if I'm not mistaken, the Netherlands fits 47 times in the Mexican territory,

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and the different climates,

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create the need to

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adapt certain technologies to Mexican situation

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and that is exactly what Dutch providers are doing

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they sell products which have been adapted

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to local circumstances.

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Even though we answer all the questions,

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sometimes you don't know exactly what is going on

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with the contact you provided

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or with the link you enabled between two people or two companies

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but the statistics show that

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there is a business increase,

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every year there's more import of Dutch products,

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there's more export of Mexican products to the Netherlands

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and that gives us a lot of satisfaction