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Part of the reason our food growing is rather efficient is the breeding culture and the breeding right, breeding right is the right to selectively breed crops that others have been breeding. However nowadays this right has almost been demolished by big companies filing gene patents (patents on specific DNA parts in a plant that make them grow bigger/healthier/more efficient. One of the main fields of research at the moment is salt resistance to turn more land next to salty seas or brackish watter into farmable land.
I went a little more into this in the “How the Netherlands Helps other countries with their water problems” video. I almost brought up the brackish water potato which actually tasted salty but I got tons of comments that it actually ended up being a scam.
@@GeographyGeek yeah salt resistance is still kind of a holy grail for students to work on. Some of my friends worked on it 6 years ago but with cucamelon if I recall correctly it's a Melon tasting grape sized fruit that is relatively salt resistant and actually tastes a bit salty. They weren't able to grow it in salty enough soil
Try telling idiots who think Ukraine feeds the world and the usa have Ukrainian people's interests in their hearts when all their resources are sold to american corporations.
Dutch government is imposing significant restrictions on Dutch agriculture in an effort to comply with EU environmental directives, especially nitrates in water. Huge issue for Dutch farming.
@The Countess Since the disruption in global supply chains with COVID and the Russian invasion of a key food commodity producing country in Ukraine the issue of food security has been bumped right up the agenda again. Environmental pressure groups need to be mindful that curtailing production of food in Europe to address Environmental concerns is now looking like a cop out that will impact on food availability and prices. A more reasonable science based approach with all elements of the food supply chain working to reduce the overall environmental impact is required. Targets must remain with heavy financial penalties for missing them, but solutions need to be flexible and not ideologically driven. If the beef production on the Netherlands requires less carbon emissions than say Brazil, Argentina or Texas then why should Dutch farmers curtail production while Brazil and Argentina ramps up exports to Europe? Makes no sense from an environmental or food security perspective.
@@joemulhall5202 Feeding less grain (or corn or soya) to livestock actually leaves more food for humans, lowering overal food prices. This is particularly true for the high intensity farms that are fed feedstock derived from human quality food regularly. Exactly the type of farms that the Dutch government is targeting.
@The Countess agree. A grass based system and carefully management of fertiliser and effluent from animals is probably the most sustainable. Requires land though.
Accidentally I come to see this report on TH-cam. I know Netherlands 🇳🇱 and your information blow my mind. I know the country and had visited and found it very impressive nation and the people something else- genuine, friendly and hard working they should stand as a model to the world. Excellent reporting! Salute Netherlands 🇳🇱!
The most important drive behind the success is the cooperation between Wageningen university, farmers, and the government. It’s unique that farmers play a huge role in the research. They try the new techniques in the field. This made the university the best in the world in agriculture and environmental studies. Another reason is the Alsmeer flower auction, the largest of the world. Plants and flowers are flown in from all over the world, auctioned in Aalsmeer, and exported again. It’s a cooperation, with no profit motive, own by the growers.
You know what we did before we invented GMO's? For the longest time we irradiated plant seeds, looked at what came out of that, selected the ones with desirable traits and interbreed them with other irradiated seeds with other desirable traits. Now instead of selection for random mutations caused by radiation damage, we can accurately select what gene's to change, and that's when people freak out? SMH. GMO's have their problems, but they are more related to patent system abuse by giants like Monsanto then with the technology itself.
1:52 "The country couldn't just reclaim the whole north sea" Dutch: Hold my Heineken. There have been serious proposals to do exactly that to combat rising sea levels.
of course. the experts in stealing land. This government could never do it btw since it"s too expensive and trhe people of Indonesia paid for all of that So Rutte can better drink his beer while its still cold .
Last few days it came to light the Heineken lied about stopping business in Russia and not only that, they launched 61(!) new products (they only had like 36 before the war), so lets drop Heineken. Hold a Kasteel instead.
That is only 20 percent of the flower market. Soya is turned into bacon Grain it turned in baby formula. The big money maker is seed valley. Coppert Cress. Small volume and high price.
Yup. We get most of our goods from other countries, and shipped out to other countries through our Rotterdam harbor. The Rotterdam harbor has been vital for our economy for many centuries, it's one of the biggest money makers in the Netherlands.
re 6:00. The Wageningen University is not just "one of the top universities in the world", it is the most eminent and absolute top agricultural university in the world. There is nothing that comes even close.
Well they missed the influence farming has on the environment. That was because of their focus on increasing production not on studying side effects. Industry promotes science and influences their work. So they failed in their scientific independence.
Interesting... but as you can see in the comments, there is a lot of discussion going on about how to proceed. We do import a lot of soy beans from the US and Brazil, corn from the US, wheat from Ukraine, not to eat, but as fodder for our pigs, chickens and cows. Which means we get a lot of shit as well. And with it a lot of nitrogen based pollution. Which has effect on non agricultural areas (nature?). With it we exceed the EU norms on nitrogen. But because of our dense population, we are close to that norm, even without agriculture. We cannot built houses, roads, other infra, anymore without breaking EU norms. There are several discussions going on. Should the EU norms apply for the Netherlands? While the city of Paris cannot comply, but France has a lot of 'waste' lands. Also the German Ruhrgebiet cannot comply, but Germany has a lot of non agricultural space as well. The Netherlands are in fact one big urban area that continues into Belgium and Germany. Why apply norms we impossibly can keep? Should we return to more sustainable agriculture? By importing less fodder and finding a solution for the enormous amount of manure we produce, and thus limit the amount of nitrogen. By reducing the intensive livestock in areas close to nature. What is nature? Every inch of the Netherlands has been used and abused by humans, in the past and present. Nothing is untouched. Even our nature reserves are man-made. Biesbosch is a man-made polder that flooded during a storm and was never reclaimed. Oostvaardersplassen is a man-made area in a man-made polder that has to be mechanically drained to exist, without pumps it would be water. Veluwe was once a forest, but we harvested too much trees for building and fire wood that the entire area became one big sand desert, during the recession we imported US Douglas pines and planted them in neat blocks and rows. It's a plantation, no forest. The heath in the south was once forest, shopped and used, and heather was planted to feed the sheep. If we do not continue removing trees actively, it would return to forest. So true nature doesn't exist anymore, we are its keepers and caretakers, if we leave them to Mother Nature, they would change and be boring forests. And we do not want that to happen.
@@j.a.b.nijenhuis8124 Oh yes, I fully agree! And do not get me wrong, I live in the south and enjoy the 'Loonse en Drunense duinen' reserve in all seasons. And remember when it was used by the military as practice area for tanks and rough terrain vehicles. And environment activists wanted the military out of this precious area. And I must say, it's rather scary to be chased out by a tank after ignoring the red flags... But those tanks did plow the sand and kept the area open, rejuvenated the heath by destroying the old brickie plants. After the military went out, the sands compacted and large areas were covered with heather, the heath turned into high grassland, and the grass into forest, a natural process. Now 'Staatsbosbeheer' is working with full power to chop big forest areas, plowing the compacted sands, and removing the grasslands. Restoring the area into what it was when the military left. The large heath areas like Stabrechtse heide are not grazed anymore, or much less, by sheep, so grass and trees are taking over. Farmers used to harvest the heather to be used in their stables as dry floor for their cattle. Together with the dung it created good manure for the fields. That isn't done anymore. We changed our behavior and the 'non agricultural' areas adapted to the new circumstances. But we hate nature so much that we do not want to allow this. So we try to turn back time and restore the areas the way they used to be when farmers, soldiers, lumberjacks (ab)used them. And yes, I do appreciate the biodiversity and unique features these areas provide. The Biesbosch can only remain a Biesbosch when we harvest the reeds and clip the willows for their twigs, we have to burn down the old reeds to allow young good reeds to develop. But that will disturb the Polish beavers, that we introduced into this area. Thus a no go! Trees are growing into the sky, creeks are filled with slick collected by old reeds, and boats are not allowed in, so the area changes into a mud filled moor. But again, we do not like that and have to find ways to preserve the looks. Meanwhile thatchers have to import foreign reeds for roofing... Think about that! I am not against nature or environment protection, support it with full heart, but also want to have a good look on what we have created, how to maintain it, where we are going with sustainability, for our natural areas as well as agriculture, recreation and living. If we do not, wolves and bears will return. Oops...
Actually, not sure about the wheat but the other two are used to create alcohol to be mixed in with (car) fuels. The pigs receive food that is made from the silage that remains. As far as nitrogen pollution and breaking EU norms is concerned, this is in fact nothing other than a political choice. A national political choice to be exact, because it was our parliament that set a norm that was based on designated offenders who received a permit. A judge ruled that the permit system did not conform to the law and it was leftist politicians that translated this into an overall ban on building activities because those belong to the initial designated offenders as well. What needs to be noted here is that closing farms will not change this. The only thing that will solve this issue is to raise the ridiculously low individual limits to a sane level, which is obviously what they will 'discover' some day in the future but can be done today as well and even without closing the farms this will still get us below the intended national limit because we never went above it in the first place.
@@WhoStoleMyAlias The political choice that led to the nitrogen crisis, was the VVD lifting restrictions on animal stock and encouraging farmers to radically expand.
@@jasper53366 You missed the part where it said that even if you stop all farming this will still require building activities to be granted a permit which is what the judge declared illegal.
Rice (Japonica species) is extremely expensive in Japan. Why isn't America's safe, delicious, and non-GMO Japonica rice imported to Japan with lower tariffs?
re 1:00. The Netherlands lies behind sand dunes of some magnitude. Right behind the dunes, there's a mixture of sand and fertile soil that is a bit unique. It is ideal for growing flowers from bulbs. That's how it all started. Nobody else has that kind of soil.
my Canadian greenhouse guy gets all his flower starts flown in from Holland! And the greenhouses here in BC have many Dutch first or second generation farmer/owners.
Factory farming in the Netherlands is completely dependent on low energy costs, imported feed and a fervent campaign against animal welfare and environmental standards.
When you say "agriculture" in the Netherlands, what does it mean? Here in NZ, it almost automatically means animal farming, while in JPN (where I come from) it definitely means plant farming.
What you are missing is the immense production of crops/animals on drained peatland, responsible for huge greenhousegas emissions. Emissions that have to go beyond zero, as landuse sector has to deliver negative emissions..
No GMO but seed breeding is the way in the Netherlands to make plants to improve production. Every farmer is allowed to improve the plants of any plant as well the plant of a farmer who already made improved plants, called plant breeders' right.
If you fly over the Netherlands you see a giant outdoor factory. Land and water management is the worlds most intensive. Us Brits share many affinities with the Dutch but we have very different attitudes towards the countryside. For us it is also a place for nature, relaxation and leisure. We prefer the picturesque to utilitarian monotony. If you have money in the UK you move to the country. Hence all the stately homes and semi natural landscaped gardens. We invented the suburban house with gardens in the 1820s so we could have a little bit of countryside in the town.
@@gvi341984 If you read what l wrote you will see l did not express a personal view but made general observation but no matter. If you watched Attenborough n tv tonight you will have heard that we as a nation are nature deprived. Much of that is the result of farming rather than development. The Netherlands is far worse because of intensive agriculture. I am the opposite of a NIMBY. We have not been building enough housing for decades. Everyone blames politicians but it’s the attitudes of the well housed which is to blame. Try to engage constructively in your comments
@@markvanderknoop131 If you are in London some time visit Park Road East and West by John Nash. They are the worlds first recognizable suburban streets of detached houses for people of middle incomes with gardens, dating from the 1820s. It’s an attempt to bring a little bit of the country into the town. The modern world really begins in the 1760s when what we now call the Industrial Revolution started. Ironically it happened in a country which regrets probably regrets it. The Arts and Crafts movement is a socialist ideology which wanted people to go back to the land. Try learning something instead of indulging in crude and stupid nationalism
As a Dutchie I can understand that perspective. We do however have lovely country landscapes and people live there as well, but the majority of our population live in the provinces North and South-Holland where it's very densely populated.
Are you sure this is still the case? The Dutch agricultural industry has recently been slashed by 30% by the EU. This comes after the fact that their pre-cut industry has been running on a 3% profit margin. These and other better publisized sanctions are an effort to shift dependancy over to other markets, like in the case of agriculture, to soy based products. The Dutch industry got too strong. This conflicts with the elies's global view concerning respective countries' rates of self-sufficiency. It would be very interresting to examine, for exaple, Hungary's agricultural trends of late to show how a nationalistic government shapes its agricultural future. It would also be very interesting to to examine bee colony collapse from region to region. Perhaps they should show us the way forward away from GMO crops and their harmful fertilization addictions.
Farming was heavily subsidized in the Netherlands after the European common market smaller farmer quit as prices lowered and subsidies lowered some its the passion for farming that is deep rooted in the Dutch that goes back to the1200 s
Geography is a major factor. The climate around the southern North Sea is not exactly pleasant for humans, being very rainy, not getting very warm in summer, and often hovering just above freezing during all winter (while still being rainy.) But most plants, particularly food crops, actually prefer slightly milder temperatures and wet weather, and don't deal well with cold during the growing season. And in addition, the northerly location of the region means that plants get a lot of daylight during the growing season, increasing productivity. Wet climate means saving on water costs. And for flower producers and animal breeders, operations go all year. And the very mild winters mean huge savings in heating costs. Here in Germany, the entire flower and tree growing industry is concentrated on the North Sea coast and the Dutch border. Go 100-200 km further inland and the additional costs for heating and water really puts a serious dent into profits.
Watched a report once regarding how tall Dutch have become post World War Two. Report profiled a family where the father was 6’8”and the mom was 6’4”. She was the shortest in the family, with both children being taller than her. In the same way, Americans have gotten wider. The current world record holder in the 400- and 500-meters is 23-year old Femke Bol. She accomplished these only in the last two months. She’s at least two inches taller than her nearest competitor.
The Dutch not really... At least not in Germany 😅 whenever we see that a vegetable or cheese comes from the Netherlands instead of Germany or even other European countries we rather assume it's not really good quality. But at least it's quite affordable so many would still pick it.
With manure mostly, sometimes with added nutrients, but most crop farmers use crop rotation to prevent soil from getting depleted from nutrients. Some crops aren't harvested at all but 'shuffled under' to replenish the soil, and also a stretch of land will be left fallow. Some farmers have gotten pigs to rut on fields after harvest to improve it's soil texture (to open it up after machines have compacted it) so it's easier for insects and worms to do their thing in breaking plant material and manure down and replenish the nutrients. The pigs are then culled and sold to specialist restaurant as free-range pigs. They are very yummy as they literally lived their whole live outside and 'working' - so very dense in muscle mass and lower on fatty tissues than regular farm pigs. Monsanto farming methods are frowned upon by most farmers in the Netherlands, as it requires lots of artificial fertilizer and will deplete the soil. It is also heavily geared towards mono-culture, which is desastrous for sustainability. Crop rotation cycles and manure brought on from nearby cattle farms, with the farms then acquiring some of the crop rotation harvests in return (lupine, maise) seems to be the go-to method at the moment, in reducing costs and increasing sustainability.
that part on Dutch Trade with the Indi, just to clarify, it was not a trade, it was exploitation during the colonisation period. No hard feeling on this, just to ensure the term trade was not correct in part with Indi
Being a leader in agriculture doesn't simply mean producing the highest quantity of crops. It's important to assess agricultural practices in terms of sustainability, and trees play a crucial role in achieving sustainability. Without trees, agriculture is not sustainable, as the organic content of the soil is lost due to the absence of shade and the root systems of trees. Therefore, it's essential to prioritize the planting and preservation of trees in agricultural areas to ensure sustainable practices and long-term productivity.
The debate in agriculture has now focused on local markets, from farmer to consumer like in most of Europe, Products certified of pesticide used growth, sustainable in the ecosystem
Correction! Led, past tense. With all of the wef fertilizer, diesel and other attacks on farmers we're likely looking at famine in the very near future. At least it will probably mostly effect the poorer countries, and people with enough money will still be able to afford basic food
That caused Indonesia must learn from Netherland Holland Belanda about agriculture industri ... so that 280 millions people in Indonesia cant be fall into starving ...
Errata & Omissions: 1) There is not 1 river Delta but 4 : Rhine, Meuse, IJssel , & Amstel. 2) The East India Company was founded Dec. 31, 1600. Technically 2 years before the Dutch East India Company in 1602. Major Omission: You fail to mention that 90% of flowers & 40%+ off vegetables are grown from cloned cell cultures most of which is automated.
To your second point: while it's true that the English "East India Company" predates the Dutch VOC (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, aka United East-India Company), the point in the video was that the Dutch VOC was the first *publicly traded" company in the world. The EIC was owned and operated by the crown of England, while our VOC was wholly funded by private investors who, being shareholders, had a say in how the company was run. That was literally unprecedented. And just to nitpick on your first point: it doesn't matter whether it's 1 river or 10, wherever they fork and create a swamp-like environment to eventually flow into the sea is called a delta. There are exceptions to the flowing into the sea part though, for example the Okavango delta in Botswana does fork and ends it's flow into wetlands, but the water doesn't go into the sea.
Netherlands may be "the second world producer" in terms of value, because (I guess) the big part of \what they grow isn't a staple food like potato, wheat or corn, but higher value products - like vegetables and flowers. And then the other "key" (apart from their high efficiency) is squeezing everything they can - tons and tons of fertilisers, pesticides, growing food in greenhouses 24/7 all year round... And it shows. I mean, you go to supermarket, and see fresh Habanero peppers - they're quite expensive, like €2 per 50 GRAMS packet (that's about 4-5 pieces; or € 400 per kilo), and... yep, it comes FROM NETHERLANDS (well, that's the one available where I live, in Poland). Funnily enough, the company that supplies it in the market is Spain based one... But I digress here, and yes, that habaneros ain't bad, but... but it then they aren't really good either. Once I happened to get habaneros from Morocco, and man, it was like cream compared to... well, "cheap low-fat yoghurt", let's say. Ditto for anything else - Whenever I'm buying veggies in supermarket, I'm checking the country of origin - and if that happens to be Holland/ Netherlands I just look for an alternative. Yes, you can get them nice, shiny, round and pretty-reddy tomatoes in Netherlands' greenhouses, but they are pretty much tasteless - eye candy, nothing more. Tunisian tomatoes or Spanish or Egyptian garlic beats Dutch "food" hands down on any day.
As a Dutchman I can hardly argue with you on this point. While our greenhouse grown tomatoes are just as nutritious as the home-grown garden variety tomatoes, I will agree they're less tasty. That's because tomatoes need sunlight and lots of it to properly develop their flavour. Frankly our chilly and moist Dutch climate isn't up for the task and the only reason we're able to grow tomatoes here at all is exactly because of those greenhouses, it simply wouldn't be possible otherwise. That said, again due to those greenhouses and other innovation we are able to grow a higher yield of tomatoes (and other vegetables) per acre of land, using less water, less fertilizer and less manual labour doing so. So we're able to produce more fresh fruit and vegetables at lower cost. But every advantage has it's drawbacks obviously.
@@RudyBleeker Agreed. It's called a trade-off - or, as I used to say "it's nice to be young, healthy, rich and handsome, but sometimes you have to give up on this or that" ;-) Also, just to clarify my earlier comment - it wasn't meant as bashing Dutch produce ("agricultural products"), but as a counterpoint to overly enthusiastic (IMO) and kinda one-sided narrative in the video. In short - "kudos to them Dutch farmers, but I'd rather choose Spanish peppers and Moroccan tomatoes" - sorry guys, no hard feelings.It's just like with oral sex - it's just a matter of taste ;-)
@@georghuppertz5727 Most of the farmers are involved in both agriculture and live stock culture together. Because both are strongly related to each other. I know it because I am a farmer from a south asian country. ( it is also an agriculture rich country)
@@jamestabi2032 I'm Dutch as well, even though my name does not sound Dutch. I follow the new on this issue closely. The recent court cases have banned building new houses, because there is too much nitrogen emission near the construction sites, the main emitter being farm animals. House construction is about 0,01% the nitrogen emission of farming, so a slight reduction in farm would make a huge impact.
@@georghuppertz5727 If any one really cares about Climate change than the top target country should be USA. Americans constitute 5% of the world's population but consume 24% of the world's energy. On average, one American consumes as much energy as 2 Japanese 6 Mexicans 13 Chinese 31 Indians 128 Bangladeshis 307 Tanzanians 370 Ethiopians. The invasion, war, terrorism, hundred thousands of bombing world wide by USA also disastrously effects on the climate. Attack on agriculture will cause global famine what criminal billionaires like Bill Gates, Soros want.
The Netherlands has a very good location to sell their produce, but it also means that if they suffered from flooding because of wicked weather anomalies, then food prices in the EU would skyrocket.
One bit that was a bit glossed over.... I weren't really the farmers that were innovative. It was the state that poured billions in research, development, and education (Wageningen...) It was also the state that forced land distribution. These measures that in two decades changed regions with mostly small subsistence farms into agricultural powerhouses came from the state. It can't be denied this also destroyed the way of life for thousands but never, ever, ever believe this came from the farmers. It was state led, state paid..... Farmers protested then and their kind, the small local farm, they really don't exist anymore. Dutch farmers are business people but as state-subsidised as public housing :D
Legit question what all did the Dutch government just shut down? -was it tractors because they produce co2? -was it fertilizer in the soil / water? -pesticides/herbicides/fungicides that end up in the water / soil?
Sadly the government in Den Haag is kneecapping farmers in the whole country. Not letting their farms expand and banks not allowing them to take loans. We have a shortage of space and farmers don't have much power on the short term which makes them easy picking for laws and programs targeting housing and environmental goals. The second largest food exporter will become dependent on foreign food exports if this continues for much longer. I am for environmental goals but not if it destroys our culture and harms our self sufficiency.
Absolutely! It's absolutely vital we reduce nitrogen, but the farmers got handed such a raw and unsustainable deal! The government should have set aside money to help farmers transition to a far more sustainable way especially for cow farms. NPO op 3 did a fantastic piece on it which showed how much farmers were set up to fail. I join them in their anger, though not in their solution. 'Let us keep doing what we're doing' will kill the environment here. Farmers take care of us so we need to take care of them now that they need us most!
This is being done so the big international farming companies can move in and take the bankrupt smaller farmers land for pennies on the dollars. People better rise up before the great reset happens where “ You’ll own nothing and be happy” Klaus Schwab, WEF, it is an extremely evil agenda.
The fact that the TH-cam algorythm is making your Dutch videos explode and the others are not is not due to Alphabet, but due to God itself. Don't you think? :)
Part of the reason we grow so much is a pretty hard stance politics took to not grow hungry again. Back in the day during or after the war when the hunger crisis or hongersnood was a thing. Alot of government policy was very generous towards farming and heavily subsidized. Alot of what the protests today are about is still aftermath from the policies and changes to them at the time. But hey theres a saying here which roughly translates to : Better to have enough than to fall short.
that almost all biodiversity got derstroyed and we hsve to live in one of the most polluted regions of Europe because of the poison the agriculture industy uses is of course a small price, right?
It's because of the policies envisioned by Sicco Mansholt. For nearly 40 years after WW2 he had an enormous impact on first Dutch and then EEG (now the EU) agricultural practices. During WW2 he was a resistance member involved in moving food produce from the northern polders in North Holland (where he had a farm) to Amsterdam. Right after WW2 he was appointed as minister for agriculture. Things like the 'milk lake' and the 'butter mountain' - incredible amounts of dairy stock shipped all over Europe and to Africa and back again, excess produce thanks to his policies in subsidising farming and promoting ever higher yields in farming - all to prevent another hunger period. He turned his policies around near the end, much to the chagrin of Dutch farmers who had gotten used to a steady income of subsidies regardless of their yields. His policy change culminated in the flooding of an enormous portion of agricultural land in the east of the Dutch province of Groningen, the Oldambt Lake. He did his best to reduce agricultural yield so individual profits became higher, since without subsidies, the prices for agricultural produce were so cheaply bought that farmers couldn't live off their profits anymore. Farmers are land and tool rich, but you can't eat clay nor tractors.
this perspective is remarkably narrow. Viewers should investigate the 'tulpenmanie' 1634-1637. The Netherlands ('Niederlande' literally 'low country') is one of the richest and most complex cultures in the world. Arguably its democracy preceded and arguably inspired that of England (not to mention the nascent US). Its focus on agriculture (among many others) should be an inspiration for all.
Not quite like the US. Most immigrant farm workers are from countries that more recently entered the EU, so countries like Romania and Bulgaria and Poland. People get hired by temp agencies, housed in holiday parks or temporary migrant worker 'settlements', and get bussed back and forth to their jobs. Officially they have to earn the same amount a Dutch person would be entitled to earn. We have collective worker agreement laws setting a minimum wage and secondary benefits by sector or sometimes per employer if they are big enough. It doesn't matter if the workers are Dutch or from another country, everyone gets the same basic salaries. This is to prevent owners from hiring cheap labour and forcing Dutch people into unemployement. But the structure of hiring migrant workers and housing them lends itself to... let's say... questionable business practices. Where the temp agency works together with the housing company housing these migrant workers, to skim a huge profit off the top by inflated housing and food charges. Like hiring out a mobile home for 500 euro's a month per bedroom (5 m2 - a bed and a chair and closet) with up to four strangers living there for months, when you can rent a full-size house for 500 - 800 euros per month. They're usually employed in the greenhouses. Open-air farming rarely requires manual labour, most of it is done by highly specialised machines. The greenhouse stuff is continuous-growing, so near-ripe produce needs to be identified and harvest on a plant, the plant itself isn't harvested or replaced. That's why the greenhouses need so many human workers.
The question is completely different than in the title. Why is the Netherlands consciously eliminating its highly developed food production capabilities?
Because their government has been taken over by the death cult known as climate change. They are trying to ban nitrogen when it is the majority of our atmosphere.
If you're referring to the video from 4:28 to 4:44 then that's definitely not the Netherlands. You can tell from the signs at the fruit stalls, they don't resemble any form of Dutch writing. I'm sure those images are to illustrate the point that Dutch fruit and vegetables are exported all over the world, even to countries with climates much more suitable to grow these kinds of products themselves.
Using greenhouses, there is no need for GMO crops or insecticide. Use of fertilizer and water can be reduced 10x and you need 10x less land area to produce the same amount of food. If every other country switched from regular farming to greenhouses we could feed the world population dozens of times over on the current amount of arable land without any toxic chemicals or genetic engineering.
I wonder if the dutch still ruling indonesia today what will happen to that region??that region is rich with natural resources add with dutch technology
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Not convinced
Tell the idiots who think that Ukraine feeds the world this.
T he re-exporting part is kind of. a cheating .
Definitely a sophisticated ponzi scheme. See you Masterworks for getting exposed in a year or so
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Part of the reason our food growing is rather efficient is the breeding culture and the breeding right, breeding right is the right to selectively breed crops that others have been breeding. However nowadays this right has almost been demolished by big companies filing gene patents (patents on specific DNA parts in a plant that make them grow bigger/healthier/more efficient.
One of the main fields of research at the moment is salt resistance to turn more land next to salty seas or brackish watter into farmable land.
I went a little more into this in the “How the Netherlands Helps other countries with their water problems” video. I almost brought up the brackish water potato which actually tasted salty but I got tons of comments that it actually ended up being a scam.
@@GeographyGeek yeah salt resistance is still kind of a holy grail for students to work on. Some of my friends worked on it 6 years ago but with cucamelon if I recall correctly it's a Melon tasting grape sized fruit that is relatively salt resistant and actually tastes a bit salty.
They weren't able to grow it in salty enough soil
Try telling idiots who think Ukraine feeds the world and the usa have Ukrainian people's interests in their hearts when all their resources are sold to american corporations.
China has managed to cultivate salt resistance rice and due to the variant has enlarged the planting area of rice.
@@stevenliew2507 China is full of shit.
Dutch government is imposing significant restrictions on Dutch agriculture in an effort to comply with EU environmental directives, especially nitrates in water. Huge issue for Dutch farming.
Mostly just high intensity animal farms though. There is no reason we need to grow and export 4 times as much meat as we consume ourselves.
@The Countess Since the disruption in global supply chains with COVID and the Russian invasion of a key food commodity producing country in Ukraine the issue of food security has been bumped right up the agenda again. Environmental pressure groups need to be mindful that curtailing production of food in Europe to address Environmental concerns is now looking like a cop out that will impact on food availability and prices. A more reasonable science based approach with all elements of the food supply chain working to reduce the overall environmental impact is required. Targets must remain with heavy financial penalties for missing them, but solutions need to be flexible and not ideologically driven.
If the beef production on the Netherlands requires less carbon emissions than say Brazil, Argentina or Texas then why should Dutch farmers curtail production while Brazil and Argentina ramps up exports to Europe? Makes no sense from an environmental or food security perspective.
@@joemulhall5202 Feeding less grain (or corn or soya) to livestock actually leaves more food for humans, lowering overal food prices.
This is particularly true for the high intensity farms that are fed feedstock derived from human quality food regularly. Exactly the type of farms that the Dutch government is targeting.
@The Countess agree. A grass based system and carefully management of fertiliser and effluent from animals is probably the most sustainable. Requires land though.
Ok leave the EU. Dork
The Dutch are well educated, innovative, practical, scientific and sensible - QED!
They aren't. Stroopwafel prices are higher than ever.
@@alonglostmemory1908 LOL
It’s a country full of clogs.
And for Americans, all of your adjectives are in opposite 😂😂😂
Accidentally I come to see this report on TH-cam. I know Netherlands 🇳🇱 and your information blow my mind. I know the country and had visited and found it very impressive nation and the people something else- genuine, friendly and hard working they should stand as a model to the world. Excellent reporting!
Salute Netherlands 🇳🇱!
The most important drive behind the success is the cooperation between Wageningen university, farmers, and the government. It’s unique that farmers play a huge role in the research. They try the new techniques in the field. This made the university the best in the world in agriculture and environmental studies.
Another reason is the Alsmeer flower auction, the largest of the world. Plants and flowers are flown in from all over the world, auctioned in Aalsmeer, and exported again. It’s a cooperation, with no profit motive, own by the growers.
You know what we did before we invented GMO's?
For the longest time we irradiated plant seeds, looked at what came out of that, selected the ones with desirable traits and interbreed them with other irradiated seeds with other desirable traits.
Now instead of selection for random mutations caused by radiation damage, we can accurately select what gene's to change, and that's when people freak out? SMH.
GMO's have their problems, but they are more related to patent system abuse by giants like Monsanto then with the technology itself.
1:52 "The country couldn't just reclaim the whole north sea"
Dutch: Hold my Heineken.
There have been serious proposals to do exactly that to combat rising sea levels.
of course. the experts in stealing land. This government could never do it btw since it"s too expensive and trhe people of Indonesia paid for all of that So Rutte can better drink his beer while its still cold
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Raise the North Sea dam!
There was also that one idea to build a Mountain, just so that people would stop calling it flat
@@vozran2149i though that's why they didn't give Limburg to the Flemish during the Belgian revolution?
Last few days it came to light the Heineken lied about stopping business in Russia and not only that, they launched 61(!) new products (they only had like 36 before the war), so lets drop Heineken. Hold a Kasteel instead.
0:20 The Netherlands might be the 2nd largest exporter of agricultural goods but a lot of those exports are products we import to export.
That is only 20 percent of the flower market.
Soya is turned into bacon
Grain it turned in baby formula.
The big money maker is seed valley.
Coppert Cress. Small volume and high price.
Like what? Just for curiosity
No matter they import to export it afterwards.
The thing is doing business to make money. And that's what the Dutch do very well !!!
What products have they imported?
Yup. We get most of our goods from other countries, and shipped out to other countries through our Rotterdam harbor.
The Rotterdam harbor has been vital for our economy for many centuries, it's one of the biggest money makers in the Netherlands.
re 6:00. The Wageningen University is not just "one of the top universities in the world", it is the most eminent and absolute top agricultural university in the world. There is nothing that comes even close.
Agreed. Im at Cornell which is supposed to be #2 in those world rankings; the gap is embarrassing.
Well they missed the influence farming has on the environment. That was because of their focus on increasing production not on studying side effects. Industry promotes science and influences their work. So they failed in their scientific independence.
Interesting... but as you can see in the comments, there is a lot of discussion going on about how to proceed.
We do import a lot of soy beans from the US and Brazil, corn from the US, wheat from Ukraine, not to eat, but as fodder for our pigs, chickens and cows.
Which means we get a lot of shit as well. And with it a lot of nitrogen based pollution. Which has effect on non agricultural areas (nature?).
With it we exceed the EU norms on nitrogen. But because of our dense population, we are close to that norm, even without agriculture.
We cannot built houses, roads, other infra, anymore without breaking EU norms.
There are several discussions going on.
Should the EU norms apply for the Netherlands? While the city of Paris cannot comply, but France has a lot of 'waste' lands. Also the German Ruhrgebiet cannot comply, but Germany has a lot of non agricultural space as well. The Netherlands are in fact one big urban area that continues into Belgium and Germany. Why apply norms we impossibly can keep?
Should we return to more sustainable agriculture? By importing less fodder and finding a solution for the enormous amount of manure we produce, and thus limit the amount of nitrogen. By reducing the intensive livestock in areas close to nature.
What is nature? Every inch of the Netherlands has been used and abused by humans, in the past and present. Nothing is untouched. Even our nature reserves are man-made. Biesbosch is a man-made polder that flooded during a storm and was never reclaimed. Oostvaardersplassen is a man-made area in a man-made polder that has to be mechanically drained to exist, without pumps it would be water. Veluwe was once a forest, but we harvested too much trees for building and fire wood that the entire area became one big sand desert, during the recession we imported US Douglas pines and planted them in neat blocks and rows. It's a plantation, no forest.
The heath in the south was once forest, shopped and used, and heather was planted to feed the sheep. If we do not continue removing trees actively, it would return to forest.
So true nature doesn't exist anymore, we are its keepers and caretakers, if we leave them to Mother Nature, they would change and be boring forests. And we do not want that to happen.
@@j.a.b.nijenhuis8124 Oh yes, I fully agree!
And do not get me wrong, I live in the south and enjoy the 'Loonse en Drunense duinen' reserve in all seasons. And remember when it was used by the military as practice area for tanks and rough terrain vehicles. And environment activists wanted the military out of this precious area. And I must say, it's rather scary to be chased out by a tank after ignoring the red flags... But those tanks did plow the sand and kept the area open, rejuvenated the heath by destroying the old brickie plants.
After the military went out, the sands compacted and large areas were covered with heather, the heath turned into high grassland, and the grass into forest, a natural process. Now 'Staatsbosbeheer' is working with full power to chop big forest areas, plowing the compacted sands, and removing the grasslands. Restoring the area into what it was when the military left.
The large heath areas like Stabrechtse heide are not grazed anymore, or much less, by sheep, so grass and trees are taking over. Farmers used to harvest the heather to be used in their stables as dry floor for their cattle. Together with the dung it created good manure for the fields. That isn't done anymore.
We changed our behavior and the 'non agricultural' areas adapted to the new circumstances. But we hate nature so much that we do not want to allow this. So we try to turn back time and restore the areas the way they used to be when farmers, soldiers, lumberjacks (ab)used them.
And yes, I do appreciate the biodiversity and unique features these areas provide.
The Biesbosch can only remain a Biesbosch when we harvest the reeds and clip the willows for their twigs, we have to burn down the old reeds to allow young good reeds to develop. But that will disturb the Polish beavers, that we introduced into this area. Thus a no go! Trees are growing into the sky, creeks are filled with slick collected by old reeds, and boats are not allowed in, so the area changes into a mud filled moor. But again, we do not like that and have to find ways to preserve the looks.
Meanwhile thatchers have to import foreign reeds for roofing... Think about that!
I am not against nature or environment protection, support it with full heart, but also want to have a good look on what we have created, how to maintain it, where we are going with sustainability, for our natural areas as well as agriculture, recreation and living.
If we do not, wolves and bears will return. Oops...
Actually, not sure about the wheat but the other two are used to create alcohol to be mixed in with (car) fuels. The pigs receive food that is made from the silage that remains. As far as nitrogen pollution and breaking EU norms is concerned, this is in fact nothing other than a political choice. A national political choice to be exact, because it was our parliament that set a norm that was based on designated offenders who received a permit. A judge ruled that the permit system did not conform to the law and it was leftist politicians that translated this into an overall ban on building activities because those belong to the initial designated offenders as well. What needs to be noted here is that closing farms will not change this. The only thing that will solve this issue is to raise the ridiculously low individual limits to a sane level, which is obviously what they will 'discover' some day in the future but can be done today as well and even without closing the farms this will still get us below the intended national limit because we never went above it in the first place.
@@WhoStoleMyAlias The political choice that led to the nitrogen crisis, was the VVD lifting restrictions on animal stock and encouraging farmers to radically expand.
@@jasper53366 You missed the part where it said that even if you stop all farming this will still require building activities to be granted a permit which is what the judge declared illegal.
@@WhoStoleMyAlias It said also something about leftist politicians, even though they haven't been in power since 2002.
Rice (Japonica species) is extremely expensive in Japan.
Why isn't America's safe, delicious, and non-GMO Japonica rice imported to Japan with lower tariffs?
re 1:00. The Netherlands lies behind sand dunes of some magnitude. Right behind the dunes, there's a mixture of sand and fertile soil that is a bit unique. It is ideal for growing flowers from bulbs. That's how it all started. Nobody else has that kind of soil.
my Canadian greenhouse guy gets all his flower starts flown in from Holland! And the greenhouses here in BC have many Dutch first or second generation farmer/owners.
I think you do a beautiful job of showing how innovation and research are critical to the success of any nation. Wonderful video!
there is no success in making a crop completely tasteless as been proven with tomatoes.
@4:45 The GMO section is very confusing, specially because it doesn't state how much that part is worth as part of the entire export figures.
The Netherlands official agri-exportvalue totalled $130B in 2022. The USA did $196B in the same year.
Factory farming in the Netherlands is completely dependent on low energy costs, imported feed and a fervent campaign against animal welfare and environmental standards.
When you say "agriculture" in the Netherlands, what does it mean? Here in NZ, it almost automatically means animal farming, while in JPN (where I come from) it definitely means plant farming.
Agriculture according to my high school studies here in Kenya includes both animal husbandry and crop farming
We build a lot of Dutch greenhouses in your country
@@dimrrider9133 in Kenya too?
@@danielmbugua2789 My collega did a long time ago
Me as a greenhousbuilding feel proud to be part of this.
And we build these all around the world now.
The Netherlands is also the biggest exporter in the world for advocados.... But not a single advocado is grown in the Netherlands....
Can.you explain please??
@@ArthurTheLibraryDetective there is a big part of dutch agricultural export that is upgraded agricultural import...
@@ArthurTheLibraryDetective It's a little bit covered up. Netherlands companies buy products all over Europe pack it sell it/export it as it's own.
@enderomega2324 how's that a profitable strategy ?
@@enderomega2324 yes we sell it as our own as when they buy it they own it lmfao. Same goes with everything else in the world
What you are missing is the immense production of crops/animals on drained peatland, responsible for huge greenhousegas emissions. Emissions that have to go beyond zero, as landuse sector has to deliver negative emissions..
You’re doing an amazing job sharing your farming journey. It’s inspiring to see your progress and dedication!
Very big salute to netherland for leading the world in agriculture
No GMO but seed breeding is the way in the Netherlands to make plants to improve production. Every farmer is allowed to improve the plants of any plant as well the plant of a farmer who already made improved plants, called plant breeders' right.
what a beautiful country there
If you fly over the Netherlands you see a giant outdoor factory. Land and water management is the worlds most intensive. Us Brits share many affinities with the Dutch but we have very different attitudes towards the countryside. For us it is also a place for nature, relaxation and leisure. We prefer the picturesque to utilitarian monotony. If you have money in the UK you move to the country. Hence all the stately homes and semi natural landscaped gardens. We invented the suburban house with gardens in the 1820s so we could have a little bit of countryside in the town.
No you are a NIMBY since the countryside is filled with farmers who are being attacked by your kind
@@gvi341984 If you read what l wrote you will see l did not express a personal view but made general observation but no matter. If you watched Attenborough n tv tonight you will have heard that we as a nation are nature deprived. Much of that is the result of farming rather than development. The Netherlands is far worse because of intensive agriculture. I am the opposite of a NIMBY. We have not been building enough housing for decades. Everyone blames politicians but it’s the attitudes of the well housed which is to blame. Try to engage constructively in your comments
I'm glad that the British invented the world.
@@markvanderknoop131 If you are in London some time visit Park Road East and West by John Nash. They are the worlds first recognizable suburban streets of detached houses for people of middle incomes with gardens, dating from the 1820s. It’s an attempt to bring a little bit of the country into the town. The modern world really begins in the 1760s when what we now call the Industrial Revolution started. Ironically it happened in a country which regrets probably regrets it. The Arts and Crafts movement is a socialist ideology which wanted people to go back to the land. Try learning something instead of indulging in crude and stupid nationalism
As a Dutchie I can understand that perspective.
We do however have lovely country landscapes and people live there as well, but the majority of our population live in the provinces North and South-Holland where it's very densely populated.
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Great video!!! Keep up the great work:) and hope all is good with ya
Thank you! Same to you!
From Kenya feeling Dutch❤
Are you sure this is still the case? The Dutch agricultural industry has recently been slashed by 30% by the EU. This comes after the fact that their pre-cut industry has been running on a 3% profit margin. These and other better publisized sanctions are an effort to shift dependancy over to other markets, like in the case of agriculture, to soy based products. The Dutch industry got too strong. This conflicts with the elies's global view concerning respective countries' rates of self-sufficiency. It would be very interresting to examine, for exaple, Hungary's agricultural trends of late to show how a nationalistic government shapes its agricultural future. It would also be very interesting to to examine bee colony collapse from region to region. Perhaps they should show us the way forward away from GMO crops and their harmful fertilization addictions.
It's still the case
Farming was heavily subsidized in the Netherlands after the European common market smaller farmer quit as prices lowered and subsidies lowered some its the passion for farming that is deep rooted in the Dutch that goes back to the1200 s
Spot on
Dutch agricultural technology is very impressive
Geography is a major factor.
The climate around the southern North Sea is not exactly pleasant for humans, being very rainy, not getting very warm in summer, and often hovering just above freezing during all winter (while still being rainy.)
But most plants, particularly food crops, actually prefer slightly milder temperatures and wet weather, and don't deal well with cold during the growing season. And in addition, the northerly location of the region means that plants get a lot of daylight during the growing season, increasing productivity.
Wet climate means saving on water costs. And for flower producers and animal breeders, operations go all year. And the very mild winters mean huge savings in heating costs.
Here in Germany, the entire flower and tree growing industry is concentrated on the North Sea coast and the Dutch border. Go 100-200 km further inland and the additional costs for heating and water really puts a serious dent into profits.
Their combination of innovation, technology, and sustainable practices shows why they’re global leaders in agriculture exports.
my uncle Profeesor yASSIR aBBAS is a visiting teacher at DLEFT tech institute in holland and he led Sudan's irrigation ministry
Watched a report once regarding how tall Dutch have become post World War Two. Report profiled a family where the father was 6’8”and the mom was 6’4”. She was the shortest in the family, with both children being taller than her. In the same way, Americans have gotten wider. The current world record holder in the 400- and 500-meters is 23-year old Femke Bol. She accomplished these only in the last two months. She’s at least two inches taller than her nearest competitor.
And 5 golden medals for the not so tall Dutch SHORTtrackers on the Worldchampionchips in S. Korea.
@@peterdevalk7929 Still, my ideal superwoman is Dafne Schippers. There should be a statue of her in every city in Netherlands.
Every Dutch lady I know in Canada is tall , slim, with very little body fat. And hot, no matter their age.
Yeah our steroids and doctors are also world class
All of those ice skaters and runners on on that good shit if you know what I mean
@@TheSuperappelflap If you’re making accusations, you need to back them up with proof. Otherwise, you’re babbling.
The Dutch are most clever when it comes to grow crops and meat. Their secret is , tickling the roots and Bach Music.
Also clever with a lot of other "things"! WIFI, BLUETOOTH, the most sophisticated chipmachines are build in the Netherlands. Not in China or USA.
Thank you to your important information
How do they grow their potatoes?
Wow super super and very good information and thanks and all the best and love from India.
Dutch people are truly extraordinary in all areas of business, they should be used as an example for developing countries like Asia
Great video! Keep up the great work:) and hope you are doing well
Wow its so great!
When it comes to agricultural products the Netherlands and France have very good reputations in term of quality.
The Dutch not really... At least not in Germany 😅 whenever we see that a vegetable or cheese comes from the Netherlands instead of Germany or even other European countries we rather assume it's not really good quality. But at least it's quite affordable so many would still pick it.
What about the fertilization for the land?
How dory they feed the crops?
With manure mostly, sometimes with added nutrients, but most crop farmers use crop rotation to prevent soil from getting depleted from nutrients. Some crops aren't harvested at all but 'shuffled under' to replenish the soil, and also a stretch of land will be left fallow. Some farmers have gotten pigs to rut on fields after harvest to improve it's soil texture (to open it up after machines have compacted it) so it's easier for insects and worms to do their thing in breaking plant material and manure down and replenish the nutrients. The pigs are then culled and sold to specialist restaurant as free-range pigs. They are very yummy as they literally lived their whole live outside and 'working' - so very dense in muscle mass and lower on fatty tissues than regular farm pigs.
Monsanto farming methods are frowned upon by most farmers in the Netherlands, as it requires lots of artificial fertilizer and will deplete the soil. It is also heavily geared towards mono-culture, which is desastrous for sustainability. Crop rotation cycles and manure brought on from nearby cattle farms, with the farms then acquiring some of the crop rotation harvests in return (lupine, maise) seems to be the go-to method at the moment, in reducing costs and increasing sustainability.
0:08 A map of the US that includes Vancouver, Calgary and maybe even Winnipeg.
You need a better screen 😂
that part on Dutch Trade with the Indi, just to clarify, it was not a trade, it was exploitation during the colonisation period. No hard feeling on this, just to ensure the term trade was not correct in part with Indi
Holand is a miracle to do so well in agriculture
Are Nesle products from the Netherlands?
Could I possibly get a source for your information about Dutch exports?
Being a leader in agriculture doesn't simply mean producing the highest quantity of crops. It's important to assess agricultural practices in terms of sustainability, and trees play a crucial role in achieving sustainability. Without trees, agriculture is not sustainable, as the organic content of the soil is lost due to the absence of shade and the root systems of trees. Therefore, it's essential to prioritize the planting and preservation of trees in agricultural areas to ensure sustainable practices and long-term productivity.
It began with me since 1984 till today
Where it leads ? Yield per acreage?
The debate in agriculture has now focused on local markets, from farmer to consumer like in most of Europe,
Products certified of pesticide used growth, sustainable in the ecosystem
Hello friends.
I would like to know that which tipe of agriculture products are importanting in Netherlands?
And from which countries ?
Thank you sir.
Correction! Led, past tense. With all of the wef fertilizer, diesel and other attacks on farmers we're likely looking at famine in the very near future. At least it will probably mostly effect the poorer countries, and people with enough money will still be able to afford basic food
Very interesting!
Hello friends.
Very nice and informative video.
Thank you sir.
Great work! And also really helpful to study English
Does netherland planting tropical fruit too??
That caused Indonesia must learn from Netherland Holland Belanda about agriculture industri ... so that 280 millions people in Indonesia cant be fall into starving ...
Good video ❤
Thank you!
Immense exporter of grain is it?
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Please can you do a video about Wales.
Fascinating country.
That's what I thought most products are products bought from other countries and being reported from Netherlands through schipol or Rotterdam?
The fact that the US is the top agricultural exporter Is actually supposing given how many people associate agriculture with an undeveloped economy
To be fair America is more like a union of 50 underdeveloped country's in a trenchcoat.
@@marcosburgos8415 that always was the plan, though the idea of development was a few decades away
Errata & Omissions: 1) There is not 1 river Delta but 4 : Rhine, Meuse, IJssel , & Amstel.
2) The East India Company was founded Dec. 31, 1600. Technically 2 years before the Dutch East India Company in 1602.
Major Omission: You fail to mention that 90% of flowers & 40%+ off vegetables are grown from cloned cell cultures most of which is automated.
To your second point: while it's true that the English "East India Company" predates the Dutch VOC (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, aka United East-India Company), the point in the video was that the Dutch VOC was the first *publicly traded" company in the world. The EIC was owned and operated by the crown of England, while our VOC was wholly funded by private investors who, being shareholders, had a say in how the company was run. That was literally unprecedented.
And just to nitpick on your first point: it doesn't matter whether it's 1 river or 10, wherever they fork and create a swamp-like environment to eventually flow into the sea is called a delta. There are exceptions to the flowing into the sea part though, for example the Okavango delta in Botswana does fork and ends it's flow into wetlands, but the water doesn't go into the sea.
Netherlands may be "the second world producer" in terms of value, because (I guess) the big part of \what they grow isn't a staple food like potato, wheat or corn, but higher value products - like vegetables and flowers. And then the other "key" (apart from their high efficiency) is squeezing everything they can - tons and tons of fertilisers, pesticides, growing food in greenhouses 24/7 all year round... And it shows.
I mean, you go to supermarket, and see fresh Habanero peppers - they're quite expensive, like €2 per 50 GRAMS packet (that's about 4-5 pieces; or € 400 per kilo), and... yep, it comes FROM NETHERLANDS (well, that's the one available where I live, in Poland). Funnily enough, the company that supplies it in the market is Spain based one... But I digress here, and yes, that habaneros ain't bad, but... but it then they aren't really good either. Once I happened to get habaneros from Morocco, and man, it was like cream compared to... well, "cheap low-fat yoghurt", let's say.
Ditto for anything else - Whenever I'm buying veggies in supermarket, I'm checking the country of origin - and if that happens to be Holland/ Netherlands I just look for an alternative.
Yes, you can get them nice, shiny, round and pretty-reddy tomatoes in Netherlands' greenhouses, but they are pretty much tasteless - eye candy, nothing more. Tunisian tomatoes or Spanish or Egyptian garlic beats Dutch "food" hands down on any day.
As a Dutchman I can hardly argue with you on this point. While our greenhouse grown tomatoes are just as nutritious as the home-grown garden variety tomatoes, I will agree they're less tasty. That's because tomatoes need sunlight and lots of it to properly develop their flavour. Frankly our chilly and moist Dutch climate isn't up for the task and the only reason we're able to grow tomatoes here at all is exactly because of those greenhouses, it simply wouldn't be possible otherwise.
That said, again due to those greenhouses and other innovation we are able to grow a higher yield of tomatoes (and other vegetables) per acre of land, using less water, less fertilizer and less manual labour doing so. So we're able to produce more fresh fruit and vegetables at lower cost. But every advantage has it's drawbacks obviously.
@@RudyBleeker Agreed. It's called a trade-off - or, as I used to say "it's nice to be young, healthy, rich and handsome, but sometimes you have to give up on this or that" ;-)
Also, just to clarify my earlier comment - it wasn't meant as bashing Dutch produce ("agricultural products"), but as a counterpoint to overly enthusiastic (IMO) and kinda one-sided narrative in the video.
In short - "kudos to them Dutch farmers, but I'd rather choose Spanish peppers and Moroccan tomatoes" - sorry guys, no hard feelings.It's just like with oral sex - it's just a matter of taste ;-)
India and China are largest producers of food Inter work with rank 2 And 1 reap.
@@RudyBleeker Tijd om eens in de kassen te gaan werken dan want wat je zegt raakt kant noch wal.
probably there is a lot of interest on this product and people in " black suits " need to profit from it to.
It is now but with the current policies that won't last for long. Over half of all farmers will have to quit within a few years due to new norms.
That's only for animal produce.
@@georghuppertz5727 it isn't. It's also about the use of fertilizer and the moment of harvesting.
@@georghuppertz5727 Most of the farmers are involved in both agriculture and live stock culture together. Because both are strongly related to each other. I know it because I am a farmer from a south asian country. ( it is also an agriculture rich country)
@@jamestabi2032 I'm Dutch as well, even though my name does not sound Dutch. I follow the new on this issue closely. The recent court cases have banned building new houses, because there is too much nitrogen emission near the construction sites, the main emitter being farm animals. House construction is about 0,01% the nitrogen emission of farming, so a slight reduction in farm would make a huge impact.
@@georghuppertz5727 If any one really cares about Climate change than the top target country should be USA. Americans constitute 5% of the world's population but consume 24% of the world's energy. On average, one American consumes as much energy as
2 Japanese
6 Mexicans
13 Chinese
31 Indians
128 Bangladeshis
307 Tanzanians
370 Ethiopians.
The invasion, war, terrorism, hundred thousands of bombing world wide by USA also disastrously effects on the climate. Attack on agriculture will cause global famine what criminal billionaires like Bill Gates, Soros want.
The Netherlands has a very good location to sell their produce, but it also means that if they suffered from flooding because of wicked weather anomalies, then food prices in the EU would skyrocket.
Descendants of Netherlands in South Africa are proud farmers, now I see where it is coming from
thanks for another great video aside from the segment from 2:30 to 4:00 which i instinctively skipped 😁
Working on dialing back sponsors. Have a couple obligations I need to fulfill first.
@@GeographyGeek Don't apologize for sponsors! This content is free to watch but not to make.
Though the Netherlands are truly excellent at agriculture, the stat includes a large portion of re-exports
One bit that was a bit glossed over.... I weren't really the farmers that were innovative. It was the state that poured billions in research, development, and education (Wageningen...) It was also the state that forced land distribution.
These measures that in two decades changed regions with mostly small subsistence farms into agricultural powerhouses came from the state. It can't be denied this also destroyed the way of life for thousands but never, ever, ever believe this came from the farmers. It was state led, state paid..... Farmers protested then and their kind, the small local farm, they really don't exist anymore.
Dutch farmers are business people but as state-subsidised as public housing :D
Very good
Legit question what all did the Dutch government just shut down?
-was it tractors because they produce co2?
-was it fertilizer in the soil / water?
-pesticides/herbicides/fungicides that end up in the water / soil?
Sadly the government in Den Haag is kneecapping farmers in the whole country. Not letting their farms expand and banks not allowing them to take loans. We have a shortage of space and farmers don't have much power on the short term which makes them easy picking for laws and programs targeting housing and environmental goals. The second largest food exporter will become dependent on foreign food exports if this continues for much longer. I am for environmental goals but not if it destroys our culture and harms our self sufficiency.
The government of Netherlands beholden to the WEF agenda.
Don't worry you will be under water soon
@@damintten Fair argument.
Absolutely! It's absolutely vital we reduce nitrogen, but the farmers got handed such a raw and unsustainable deal!
The government should have set aside money to help farmers transition to a far more sustainable way especially for cow farms. NPO op 3 did a fantastic piece on it which showed how much farmers were set up to fail. I join them in their anger, though not in their solution. 'Let us keep doing what we're doing' will kill the environment here. Farmers take care of us so we need to take care of them now that they need us most!
This is being done so the big international farming companies can move in and take the bankrupt smaller farmers land for pennies on the dollars. People better rise up before the great reset happens where “ You’ll own nothing and be happy” Klaus Schwab, WEF, it is an extremely evil agenda.
Thank you for your good video🌹Be green and sustainable🌲
Pertanian yg bagus ...
*I have smoked weed grown in the Netherlands. It was outstanding… I think.*
It's that whole boer thing. The South African descendants of dutch are the same very resilient, very inventive. A boer maak n plan.
Really impressed by the agriculture of Dutch. Very small country but with very high yield, good luck.
Enjoy it while it lasts. The people are very actively trying to get rid of the agriculture in the Netherlands..
@@realmadridsi i dont think they are going to succeed. The resistance is to strong. The EU tries but wont succeed.
They just like growing as a nation, people and plants
The fact that the TH-cam algorythm is making your Dutch videos explode and the others are not is not due to Alphabet, but due to God itself. Don't you think? :)
Good ground land..farming is foundation life
Gmo seeds are not allowed in NL
Why the Dutch have so much ag exports called they live on the delta of the Rhine.
Part of the reason we grow so much is a pretty hard stance politics took to not grow hungry again. Back in the day during or after the war when the hunger crisis or hongersnood was a thing. Alot of government policy was very generous towards farming and heavily subsidized. Alot of what the protests today are about is still aftermath from the policies and changes to them at the time. But hey theres a saying here which roughly translates to : Better to have enough than to fall short.
that almost all biodiversity got derstroyed and we hsve to live in one of the most polluted regions of Europe because of the poison the agriculture industy uses is of course a small price, right?
It's because of the policies envisioned by Sicco Mansholt. For nearly 40 years after WW2 he had an enormous impact on first Dutch and then EEG (now the EU) agricultural practices. During WW2 he was a resistance member involved in moving food produce from the northern polders in North Holland (where he had a farm) to Amsterdam. Right after WW2 he was appointed as minister for agriculture. Things like the 'milk lake' and the 'butter mountain' - incredible amounts of dairy stock shipped all over Europe and to Africa and back again, excess produce thanks to his policies in subsidising farming and promoting ever higher yields in farming - all to prevent another hunger period.
He turned his policies around near the end, much to the chagrin of Dutch farmers who had gotten used to a steady income of subsidies regardless of their yields. His policy change culminated in the flooding of an enormous portion of agricultural land in the east of the Dutch province of Groningen, the Oldambt Lake. He did his best to reduce agricultural yield so individual profits became higher, since without subsidies, the prices for agricultural produce were so cheaply bought that farmers couldn't live off their profits anymore. Farmers are land and tool rich, but you can't eat clay nor tractors.
Developing countries should learn from the dutch excellent..
this perspective is remarkably narrow. Viewers should investigate the 'tulpenmanie' 1634-1637. The Netherlands ('Niederlande' literally 'low country') is one of the richest and most complex cultures in the world. Arguably its democracy preceded and arguably inspired that of England (not to mention the nascent US). Its focus on agriculture (among many others) should be an inspiration for all.
Do they use immigrants like the US does?
Yes of course. They are extremely important.
Not quite like the US. Most immigrant farm workers are from countries that more recently entered the EU, so countries like Romania and Bulgaria and Poland. People get hired by temp agencies, housed in holiday parks or temporary migrant worker 'settlements', and get bussed back and forth to their jobs. Officially they have to earn the same amount a Dutch person would be entitled to earn. We have collective worker agreement laws setting a minimum wage and secondary benefits by sector or sometimes per employer if they are big enough. It doesn't matter if the workers are Dutch or from another country, everyone gets the same basic salaries. This is to prevent owners from hiring cheap labour and forcing Dutch people into unemployement.
But the structure of hiring migrant workers and housing them lends itself to... let's say... questionable business practices. Where the temp agency works together with the housing company housing these migrant workers, to skim a huge profit off the top by inflated housing and food charges. Like hiring out a mobile home for 500 euro's a month per bedroom (5 m2 - a bed and a chair and closet) with up to four strangers living there for months, when you can rent a full-size house for 500 - 800 euros per month.
They're usually employed in the greenhouses. Open-air farming rarely requires manual labour, most of it is done by highly specialised machines. The greenhouse stuff is continuous-growing, so near-ripe produce needs to be identified and harvest on a plant, the plant itself isn't harvested or replaced. That's why the greenhouses need so many human workers.
The USA has the single worst guest worker program on Earth. They would be well advised to follow the Dutch model.
The question is completely different than in the title. Why is the Netherlands consciously eliminating its highly developed food production capabilities?
Because their government has been taken over by the death cult known as climate change. They are trying to ban nitrogen when it is the majority of our atmosphere.
couldn't tell if it was the netherlands or algeria...
If you're referring to the video from 4:28 to 4:44 then that's definitely not the Netherlands. You can tell from the signs at the fruit stalls, they don't resemble any form of Dutch writing. I'm sure those images are to illustrate the point that Dutch fruit and vegetables are exported all over the world, even to countries with climates much more suitable to grow these kinds of products themselves.
Not anymore! Der unfähigen Kabinett macht es eben grade kaputt!
Brilliant
I am from Netherlands
Using greenhouses, there is no need for GMO crops or insecticide. Use of fertilizer and water can be reduced 10x and you need 10x less land area to produce the same amount of food.
If every other country switched from regular farming to greenhouses we could feed the world population dozens of times over on the current amount of arable land without any toxic chemicals or genetic engineering.
I wonder if the dutch still ruling indonesia today what will happen to that region??that region is rich with natural resources add with dutch technology
netherlands should export their old cheese too... very delicious(best of the best)
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nice title. but from what I hear this is probably no longer the case in the coming years.