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Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 Zero hunger. SDG 2 aims to end hunger across the world, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

Between 2000 and 2016, emissions of particulate matter (PM10) caused by Dutch business activity fell by more than 41 percent, while GDP increased.

Over the period 1950-2015, the production value of Dutch agriculture increased more than tenfold.

Number of holdings, crops, cattle and workers by type of holding (dsus) and regions

The value, expressed in monetary terms, of the total yield of a livestock or crop minus certain specific costs.

On 1 April 2019, the national bovine herd of the Netherlands stood at nearly 3.8 million.

Between 2000 and 2016, emissions of particulate matter (PM10) by the agricultural sector increased by 3 percent. In this period, the value added of agriculture increased by 19 percent.

On 1 April 2018, there were nearly 4 million head of cattle in the Netherlands, a decline of over 178 thousand (4 percent) on one year previously.

The cultivation area for sugar beets in the Netherlands grew by 21 percent in just one year.

Greenhouse gas emissions stood at 189.3 bn CO2 equivalents in 2018, 2 percent lower than in 2017 and 15 percent down on 1990.

The share of women in agriculture fluctuates around one-third of the total number of persons employed in that sector.

The number of greenhouse vegetable growers decreased by 85 percent between 1980 and 2017.

Dutch agriculture has improved conversion of nutrients from feed and fertilisers into animal and plant products.

Every dwelling that forms the entire property. This includes detached houses, semi-detached houses, farms with dwellings and all terraced houses.

A collection of animals, birds, reptiles, fish, dolphins, safari park, nature park etc accessible to the public, excl. animal shelters, children's farms, deer parks or travelling show.

Output and value added in Dutch agriculture have increased in recent years, while the surplus of nitrogen and phosphorus has decreased.

Since the beginning of the nineties, standard factors for manure production and nutrient excretion per livestock category have been determined by the Working group on the Uniformisation of the...

Where are greenhouse gasses emitted?

In 2021, the agricultural area in the Netherlands devoted to arable crops increased by 1.8 thousand (0.3 percent) to 529 thousand hectares.