Nationaal Platform Agrarische Experimenteerlocaties
Nationaal Platform Agrarische Experimenteerlocaties is a Dutch platform that connects agricultural experimentation sites to accelerate innovation and sustainability in land-based agriculture and horticulture. The platform brings together farmers, growers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers so they can share insights and results, identify opportunities and bottlenecks, and translate practical experiments into wider impact. Its core value is open collaboration: different regions and sectors work with real-world trial sites to test solutions that are directly usable in practice, from new business models and resilient farming systems to approaches that better balance climate, water, soil, biodiversity, and earning power. The platform emphasizes learning by doing, with experimentation rooted in everyday farm reality rather than only in theory or conference settings. The team and network behind the platform include a coordination function and participating experimental locations, with people from farming, science, and policy backgrounds contributing to the shared agenda. The mission is to strengthen and speed up renewal in Dutch agriculture by turning local innovation power into national impact, while making room for knowledge exchange across regions and sectors. This is not a health organisation.