Delegation trip to India 2020 led by the then State Secretary Mrs. Friedlinde Gurr-Hirsch, 2020 of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Food, Rural Affairs, and Consumer Protection.

In February 2020, AKI´s Project Manager Julia Fendel travelled to India together with Baden-Württemberg International (bw-i) and supervised the delegation trip on the agricultural and food industry, headed by State Secretary Friedlinde Gurr-Hirsch.

The participants travelled through India to learn about the market opportunities of the agricultural and food industry in India through political exchanges and round-table discussions with local experts, as well as field trips.

By visiting the "Green Innovation Centers" of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit" (GIZ) GmbH, the German House of Science and Innovation (DWIH) and field trips, the participants were able to get a feel for the Indian market and to see the potential of different agricultural products from Germany (including agricultural technology and wine) for the Indian market. At the end of this great journey, the 16th Wine Festival took place in Mumbai, which was an excellent platform to make business contacts.

2019 Delegation trip Estonia

On behalf of the Ministry of Food, Rural Areas, and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg (MLR), AKI organized a delegation trip to Estonia under the leadership of Minister Peter Hauk MdL

During this three-day visit, the discussions with the Minister of Food, Rural Areas, and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg, Peter Hauk, and the Deputy Minister of the Environment of Estonia, Mr. Tarmo Tamm, focused especially on digitalization, both in agriculture itself and in the digitalization in rural areas.

2018 Delegation trip to Russia, Minister Peter Hauk MdL visits Russia.

Organized and accompanied by AKI, the Minister for Food, Rural Areas, and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg, Peter Hauk MdL, visited the regions of Moscow and Voronezh in Russia at the end of May 2018. In addition to subject-related excursions, the program also included numerous discussions with representatives of the German economy in Russia as well as Russian industry associations and companies.

Between 2011 and 2017, AKI carried out the joint project between the German Farmers’ Association (DBV) and the Vietnamese National Farmers’ Union (VNFU) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). The aim was to improve the professional and organisational work of the VNFU in the field of vocational qualification for its members, with a focus on full-time and young farmers.

Within the framework of this long-standing cooperation, a wide range of measures were carried out in Vietnam and Germany, as well as specialist trips on agricultural topics. Linked to this growing partnership, a trip on aquaculture was conducted in 2018.

The delegation trip, focusing on aquaculture in Vietnam, was led, among others, by representatives of the VNFU and the AKI, Mr. Leu Vu Dieu and Dr. Martin Johannes Oberle, respectively. As part of this expert trip, field trips to fish farms and numerous discussions with the representative of the National Aquaculture Association took place. This not only provides an insight into the state of development of fish farming, but also encourages the development of business contacts.