The third story line of IFAMA2020 goes Digital is about Dutch agriculture.
“How did the Netherlands become so innovative? And how did this small country become second exporter – after the US and before Brazil, Germany, and France? That is quite an achievement as a tiny country, just a stamp next to the North Sea." With these words anchor Dick Veerman introduces the story line ‘Dutch Agriculture’.
Dutch experts - a historian, two economists, an agronomist, and a sociologist - will give their answers to the question how agriculture evolved over centuries of history. The Netherlands have a unique position in a delta by the sea connected to markets and agricultural production areas. They will also share their views on the future of Dutch agriculture.
We cannot go on increasing total output, and still make money. "That is why we need a new S-curve. This tiny country needs to reinvent itself, based on the competencies it developed over time,” says Dick Veerman for starters. Is that true?
What would you like to learn? Please share your questions in the comments below so that the experts can respond to them in the interviews.
Next to the English version, a Dutch version will be on in multiple editions. The result of that series will be presented in English as well. We hope to set an example for other countries to reflect on the histories of their agricultural roots to better understand the present and the challenges of the future.
Dutch experts - a historian, two economists, an agronomist, and a sociologist - will give their answers to the question how agriculture evolved over centuries of history. The Netherlands have a unique position in a delta by the sea connected to markets and agricultural production areas. They will also share their views on the future of Dutch agriculture.
We cannot go on increasing total output, and still make money. "That is why we need a new S-curve. This tiny country needs to reinvent itself, based on the competencies it developed over time,” says Dick Veerman for starters. Is that true?
What would you like to learn? Please share your questions in the comments below so that the experts can respond to them in the interviews.
Next to the English version, a Dutch version will be on in multiple editions. The result of that series will be presented in English as well. We hope to set an example for other countries to reflect on the histories of their agricultural roots to better understand the present and the challenges of the future.
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Trent Loos, welcome to Ifama2020. Probably this is going to answer a lot of questions you've raised in your "Rural Route" with Jean Lonie from a Dutch perspective.
Hallo,
Deel 1 en 2 heb ik reeds gemist denk?
Wat me verbaasd is dat de 1% pas aan het einde genoemd wordt. Ik snap niet zo goed waarom eerst soort van zo hoog gedaan wordt over: Kijk ons is exporteren.
Het voeden van 3 mensen waar anderen nog 2 voeden is meer de moeite van vermelding waard. Anderzijds was dat werkelijk onze grond en landbouw kennis of was dat al reeds het gat van Rotterdam, de aanvoer?
De tijdlijnen heb ik niet scherp, maar verkocht bijv. Amsterdam in die tijd zijn rioolslib niet aan onze zuiderburen en verschraalde onze eigen gronden?
Dick als het mag? Met die S curve kan de sector leven als het gaat om product volume.
Opnieuw uitvinden op basis van de competenties in het verleden ontwikkeld???
Wat ik (we) moeten leren hoe het volume per ha te behouden zonder schade te doen aan de ecologie, op een manier dat we de aarde beter achter laten als we hem nu gekregen hebben, en de kwaliteit van het voedsel verbeteren.
Mijn inzien vraagt dat nieuwe innovatieve competenties, zien de deskundigen dat ook?
Zo ja en hebben zij zicht op wie die zouden moeten ontwikkelen?
Jeroen van Buuren , Arnold van Woerkom before replying on your comments. If everything is in English overhere, why are you replying in het Nederlands? And of course a warm welcome at IFAMA2020.
Yes indeed, we don't understood Dutch in this section! So don't be shy and express yourselves in modern lingua franca.