News AgriNL
Action plan to divide land stopping farmer
LTO Nederland and eleven large companies in the agri-food sector, including FrieslandCampina, Vion and Cosun, are arguing for central management for the redistribution of land that becomes available when farms stop or are bought out as a peak loader. Most of the land has to go to agricultural use and nature, but there will also be 20.000 hectares left for more than 1 million homes. The plan requires €1,5 to €2 billion per year.
The companies and LTO, which have united in the AgriNL network, are calling on the political parties forming the Binnenhof to take 'specific and area-oriented measures' - including in a full-page advertisement in the FD - to give the agricultural sector a sustainable perspective again. to offer.
Mutual exchange of land and rights
AgriNL wants to restructure the Netherlands at a regional level and has therefore divided the Netherlands into 113 regions. The intention is that interested parties can exchange land and rights with each other. To ensure that this runs smoothly, the network proposes a (re)introduction of the Land Development, led by a small, central program organization: the National Agency for the Rural Areas (RLG).
With an annual investment of €1,5 to €2 billion, according to AgriNL, this regional economic exchange process of land and tradable emission rights (N, P, CO2 and NH3) can reduce the pressure of agriculture on the living environment in ten to fifteen years' time. is lit.
Space for 1 million homes
In the next ten years, according to AgriNL 3% of the agricultural companies annually, because they do not have a successor. In the network plan, 1% of the companies are also bought out as peak loaders. "For example, the number of agricultural companies will fall by 16.758 and 603.301 hectares of land will become available. With central and regional management, 583.301 hectares can be repurposed for agricultural use and nature. The other 20.000 hectares will be used for the construction and infrastructure of 1 million homes ( based on 61 homes per hectare)", according to a summary of the action plan.
The eleven companies that have united with LTO in AgriNL are: Agrifirm, Avebe, De Heus, ForFarmers, Lely, Plukon, Rabobank, Cosun, FrieslandCampina, VanDrie and Vion.
Linda van Eekeres
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