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Les Pays-Bas s’offrent actuellement une campagne de promotion autour de leur veau « de tradition européenne », qui cible principalement les marchés canadien, américain et japonais où une forte préférence pour la viande bovine a été constatée, particulièrement pour le veau. 

The Climate Now programme looked at the different ways the city of Rotterdam combats Climate Change. It looks at how the city deals with the rise of sea levels, how a roof garden is helping to store water and grow its own produce and how a floating farm works.

The Interceptor is a vessel which trawls rivers collecting plastic waste. The solar-powered boat catches the rubbish before it reaches the ocean.

According to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI), the Netherlands has yet again come out on top to take the title of the best pension system in the world.

Almost 60 percent of Netherlands residents consider themselves a meat eater, but just as large a group are aware of meat's impact on the climate and think that eating less meat will become the norm. Almost half agree with the statement that "eating meat everyday is no longer of this time".

Rotterdam boasts the world’s first-ever Floating Farm: a self-sufficient, fully functional dairy farm following circular economy principles. “To feed the Earth’s growing population, we will need to start using our planet’s water resources.”

Agricultural exports in 2018 were worth an estimated 90.3 billion euros, i.e. 0.2 percent up on 2017. While exports rose, prices dropped relative to 2017.

Les Pays-Bas sont les seuls à réellement utiliser cette technique de pêche très contestée par les écologistes et d’autres pêcheurs

Les Pays-Bas font les gros titres du monde agricole : après le scandale des œufs contaminés au fipronil, c’est désormais un soupçon de fraude environnementale massive sur la gestion des effluents d’élevage .

For more than half a century, Dutch and European agricultural policy has focused on efficiently producing as much food as possible for a low price and with a reasonable income for the farmers. Using this policy that was developed by the legendary Sicco Mansholt, Dutch agriculture attracted admiration from beyond its borders and grew into a nation with the second-largest agricultural output in the world.

The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by showing what the future of farming could look like.

Décryptage de l’échec d’une ferme urbaine lancée en Hollande en 2016.Qui ne signe toutefois pas l’échec de l’agriculture urbaine.

The measures the government announced on Wednesday to reduce nitrogen-based pollution and cope with the impact of PFAS contamination in soil and sludge have met with mixed reactions, public broadcaster NOS reports.

All companies in the Netherlands that hatch chickens for meat are guilty of animal abuse, according to a not-yet-published ruling from the Ministry of Agriculture that the Volkskrant has in its possession. After hatching, nearly 500 million chicks per year run the risk of being left without food and water for an unnecessarily long time. The hatcheries have five years to rectify this, according to the newspaper. This decision follows a lengthy court procedure filed by animal welfare organization Wakker Dier in 2013. 

Le port néerlandais a prévu d'investir 60 millions d'euros pour la construction d'un pôle d'infrastructures destiné aux transbordements de denrées agricoles.

The Government-wide programme for a Circular Economy is
aimed at developing a circular economy in the Netherlands
by 2050.

Dutch agriculture sector is huge and it is 2nd the biggest exporter of farm food after the US. The Dutch make farming in 2019 feel like farming in 3019. How is that possible?

In Netherlands 2400 cooperatives were merged into 200. The turnover jumped into 50 bilion euro

The Netherlands is one of the world's largest exporters of agricultural and food products, thanks to its innovative agrifood technology. The Dutch agrifood sector is a sustainable source of healthy, safe food that is produced with respect for nature and the environment.

Dutch agriculture has to become a lot less efficient or the environment will suffer even more, say agro-environmental scientists. 

Manger demain (1/6). Le pays a mis au point un modèle où l’élevage intensif se pare de préoccupations environnementales. Dans la recherche de l’efficacité, le bien-être des animaux d’élevage y est souvent réduit à la seule question sanitaire.