netherlands, dutch agriculture, agriculture, agricultural market, food industry, economy, dutch economy, europe, european market, EU european union, export, re-export, research, economic development, gdp gross domestic product, CAP Common Agricultural Policy, germany, belgium, france, linear agriculture, circular agriculture
Agriculture is one of the most strategic sectors in the world today. In addition, the current circumstances linked to global warming require us to question ourselves more and more about new ways of farming to adapt to such a situation that none of us have known before. In addition to agriculture, the agro-food industry is becoming more and more directly integrated into agricultural development. The two sectors being inseparable from each other, I chose to focus on the two and understand how they work in the Dutch economy.
Despite the small size of the Netherlands, a large number of people around the world have already eaten or drunk food produced, processed or even exported from the Netherlands.
[...] How does the Netherlands establish itself as a leader in the world agricultural market and food industry? Table of Contents Introduction 1 Agriculture, food industry and Dutch economy 2 Dutch agriculture 2 Agriculture and food industry benefit from the country's opening 2 "Top Sectoren" program 3 II) Dutch Agriculture, a model in Europe 3 Dutch government policy on agriculture 3 Dutch agriculture's relations with the European Union 4 Exports and re-exports as the main force 5 III) An agricultural system facing new environmental, social and economic challenges 5 A model for the future 5 Investment and R&D for the future 6 Transition from linear agriculture to circular agriculture 6 Conclusion 7 Sources 8 Appendices 12 Introduction Agriculture is one of the most strategic sectors in the world today. [...]
[...] Then we will speak about the Netherlands as an undisputed leader in agriculture and related sectors. Finally, in the last part, we must highlight the challenges that agriculture will face in the coming years and how the Netherlands has already started its transformation process. Agriculture, food industry and Dutch economy Dutch agriculture The importance of a sector in a country is often measured as a percentage and compared to the country's GDP. As a result, and on average around the world, the share of agriculture's value added in countries' GDP has declined. [...]
[...] H. Statista. Appendix 2 "Value added (gross, basic prices) by industry GDP." from National accounts of the Netherlands 2018. Centraal Bureau voor de Stastitiek, Statistics Netherlands. Appendix 3 Circular Economy. [...]
[...] Dutch agricultural exports worth Euro94.5 billion in 2019. Retrieved from https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2020/01/17/dutch-agricultural-exports-worth-%E2%82%AC94.5-billion-in-2019 Government of the Netherlands. (n.d.). Agriculture. Retrieved from https://www.government.nl/topics/agriculture/agriculture-and-horticulture Government of the Netherlands. (n.d.). Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit. Retrieved from https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-landbouw-natuur-en-voedselkwaliteit Kind of Green Consulting. (n.d.). From Linear to Circular Agriculture in the Netherlands and Beyond - Part Minerals. Retrieved from https://kindofgreen.nl/from-linear-to-circular-part1/ Kingdom of the Netherlands. (2019). Mission d'affaires vers les Pays-Bas 2019. Solutions Agritech pour un développement agricole prospère. [...]
[...] Conclusion The Netherlands is a major player in all agricultural production and the food industry in today's world. In addition, the food industry is essential to the country's economic stability and the policy of the Dutch government is moving in this direction as the "Top Sectoren" program. The opening of the country and its central position in the heart of Europe gives the Netherlands a considerable advantage over other countries in the world; an advantage that the country has taken advantage of by investing in agricultural research and infrastructure dedicated to the production and processing of products but also to their export. [...]
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