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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Netherlands agricultural environmental policy: Lessons to be learned 1998
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No results found.The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries is very pleased that the Conference Livestock and the Environment takes place in the Netherlands and that the International Agricultural Centre, which is part of the Ministry, has an important task in the organisation of the Conference and in the preparation of the study. Dutch agriculture is characterised by a high productivity and intensiveness. A negative result of this is an output of polluting substances. With regard to lives tock, this has the form of a mineral surplus which results in water and groundwater pollution. On the other hand, livestock production also has positive environmental effects. It contributes to the closure of mineral cycles and it is a way to add value to by-products of agribusiness. In addition, it is a way to make good use of marshy areas, of which we have a lot in the Netherlands. The first policy effort to control the mineral surplus in Dutch livestock production is more than ten y ears old. We started to curb the rapid growth of manure production. Now, the policy aim is to arrive at a sustainable situation in the year 2010 in which mineral output in agriculture is geared to the carrying capacity of the environment. We have had to conclude that it is far from easy to control a mineral surplus caused by livestock production once it exists, in particular in areas in which intensive livestock production is subject to rapid growth. Maybe the Dutch experience can provide some c lues for the development of general policy recommendations. It is for this reason that I entitled my speech ‘Lessons To Be Learned’ First, I will outline the development of environmental policy in the Netherlands. Then, I will look at the environmental problems caused by livestock production and the policies developed to abate it, and to conclude, I will sum up the lessons that can be learned from the Dutch situation. -
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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Drawing lessons from a pilot project: socio economic research in the IRLDP (Integrated Range-Livestock Development Project) 1995
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