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Ecological agriculture and farming of animals
Production in agriculture and horticulture without the use of fertiliser and chemical pesticides.
Number of farms and market gardens reduced further
The number of agricultural and horticultural businesses was reduced further to 68.5 thousand between 1 April 2011 and 1 April 2012. Nearly 5 businesses are discontinued every day. There is a trend...
Internationalisation Monitor 2021, second quarter
This edition of the Internationalisation Monitor focuses on the environmental aspect of Dutch international trade: how does globalisation contribute to the issues and solutions in the area of...
Lower crop yields in organic farming
Last year, 2 percent of corn, bulbs and turnips in the Netherlands were grown on organic farms. Organic crop yields are (much) lower than traditionally grown crop yields.
Soybean imports from Brazil up by 40 percent
In the first six months of 2020, the Netherlands imported 1.6 billion kg of soybeans from Brazil.
National cattle herd declining slightly
On 1 April 2019, the national bovine herd of the Netherlands stood at nearly 3.8 million.
Slight decline in arable crop area
In 2020, the agricultural area devoted to arable crops in the Netherlands fell by 0.3 percent relative to the previous year.
Nearly 30 thousand contract workers in agriculture
In 2019, the volume of labour deployed in the Dutch agricultural sector was equivalent to over 156 thousand full-time jobs (FTEs).
Mapping the value of our natural landscape
Mapping the value of our natural landscape
Renewable energy consumption up by 16 percent
In 2019, renewable energy consumption in the Netherlands grew by 16 percent to 181 petajoules (PJ) relative to the previous year.