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Vostermans Ventilation, the Netherlands-based ventilating equipment manufacturer, talks to Far Eastern Agriculture about how livestock farmers can determine the ideal ventilation for their poultry houses

Alors que les partis Vivaldi ont débattu de la sortie du nucléaire prévue en 2025 – finalement acquise dans l’accord – les Pays-Bas optent pour une tout autre stratégie. Le parti du gouvernement VVD du Premier ministre Mark Rutte souhaite la construction de 3 à 10 nouvelles centrales nucléaires. Une étude favorable vient appuyer leur stratégie.

La Cour suprême des Pays-Bas a prononcé un jugement historique qui oblige le gouvernement néerlandais à réduire les émissions de CO2 dans le pays d'ici à la fin de cette année. Où en est-il de son action ? Enquête de notre reporter Hans von der Brelie. #UnreportedEurope

Dutch Minister Schouten introduced 'circular agriculture' two years ago. A future perspective for sustainable agriculture in the Netherlands

Même si les Pays-Bas sont 237 fois plus petits que les États-Unis, ils sont le 2e exportateur mondial de produits agricoles

Aux Pays-Bas, des LED ont pris la place du soleil pour faire pousser les plantations. Grâce -entre autres- à cette technique, le pays des tulipes est devenu le deuxième plus grand exportateur agroalimentaire dans le monde.

Near-silent buses shift around in a residential neighbourhood in the province of Groningen, home to one of the greenest industrial areas in the world. We’re in 2026 and the Netherlands gives the world a preview of what a “hydrogen economy” could look like.

The Dutch parliament has decided to put an end to the nation's mink farming industry following outbreaks of COVID-19 among workers and the animals.

Fifteen European countries and 66 companies have entered into a partnership committed to making all plastic packaging recyclable and suitable for reuse. The European Plastic Pact started when Dutch Environment Minister Stientje van Veldhoven made agreements with Dutch companies and then turned to her European colleagues to do the same. She is presenting the plan in Brussels on Friday, NOS reports. In 2017, Europe produced nearly 65 million tons of plastic, 40 percent of which for packaging. Only 30 percent of plastic products are currently recyclable in Europe.

If an innovative solution to feeding the world’s growing population is to be found, it is likely to come from Wageningen, a quiet corner of Europe that is the nexus of global food science. But at what cost to the environment?

In a recent interview with several Indonesian journalists, Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok reiterated the Netherlands' commitment to supporting sustainable palm oil production in Indonesia. 

L’essayiste Gilles Luneau s’insurge, dans une tribune au « Monde », contre l’alliance des industriels du numérique et des militants végans pour construire le mythe d’une viande sans impact sur l’environnement

The port of Rotterdam recently gained its first direct rail connection with China. In the night of Friday leading into Saturday, the Maersk shipping company despatched a 640-m long freight train to the provincial capital of Xi’an in China. Xi'an is the eastern terminus of China’s New Silk Road, the company said in its release.

The world has been surprised by the Netherlands’ growing hardline record in Brussels. It shouldn’t be.

A new High Tech Systems and Materials Roadmap should support broad sociatal tasks and the earning capacity of the Netherlands.

The Dutch agriculture ministry has decided to abandon a controversial feed measure.

Plus d'un million de visons, soupçonnés de transmettre le Covid-19, ont été abattus aux Pays-Bas.

Does the Netherlands’ role as an agricultural export powerhouse come at too high an environmental price?

The Netherlands is the world’s second largest food exporter. But its livestock sector is facing a controversial environmental challenge: reducing its nitrogen emissions. Farmers also have tough climate change targets. The FT’s Mehreen Khan finds out whether their strategies are working.

This photo series examines the huge Dutch investment in indoor agriculture

New build projects in Amsterdam would be forced to capture the first 60mm of rainfall thanks to proposals currently under public consultation. The city, which today launches a ‘roadmap’ charting its way to becoming climate neutral, is also concerned about how the built environment absorbs ever-increasing rainfall. 

Work will begin on Thursday on what will be the Netherlands’s largest solar farm in Nieuw-Buinen in Drenthe, local broadcaster RTV Drenthe reports. The project, covering 100 hectares and with 300,000 panels, is a joint initiative between local construction company Avitec and solar park builders Solarfields from Groningen. 

Dutch Supreme Court has ordered the government to cut emissions by 25% by 2020 but latest figures show only a 15% reduction from 1990 levels