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The number of flower bulb farms has decreased by 40 percent since 2000.

Dutch quinoa imports has tripled in the past four years, to approximately 5.5 million kg in 2016.

The number of strawberry growers was reduced by nearly half between 2006 and 2017.

The agricultural area utilised for the cultivation of protein crops in the Netherlands stood at 9 thousand hectares in 2018,, an increase of 38 percent relative to 2008 (5.6 hectares).

Brussels sprouts exports have risen most significantly among the winter vegetables.

An increasingly large proportion of cocoa purchased by Dutch cocoa processing companies is certified sustainable according to the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.

In 2018, one-quarter of the 754 ha of pumpkin cultivation area is in Flevoland province. The total pumpkin cultvation area has declined in most provinces. Pumpkin trade was slightly higher...

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

Asparagus production grew again in 2016, especiallyl in southwest Noord-Brabant and north Limburg.

Organic farming has grown in the past ten years.

In 2018, sugar beet yields were lower in nearly all countries of the EU-28 than one year previously. In the Netherlands, the yield per hectare was down by 18 percent.

In 2018, drinking water consumption by Dutch households increased by 7 percent relative to one year previously. The agricultural sector used considerably more water than in 2017 (150 percent).