The promotion of circular agriculture in the Netherlands has been given a major boost by the publication of the agricultural vision of Minister Carola Schouten (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality). When this was established, it was already clear that broad support within the sector could be counted on.
Due to the professional and sympathetic presentation of the vision that support has become even wider and it has also become considerably thicker and more robust. There is therefore a high probability that the target will be achieved by 2030. You can expect that, because transition is technically not complicated and economically attractive for agricultural entrepreneurs.
This is mainly due to the fact that the cost prices fall and the products acquire a unique characteristic. This is because it is a circularly produced product from the Netherlands. And the Netherlands is then a frontrunner in circular agriculture.
Convert into actions
The sooner the bill is converted into actions, the better it is for the sector and society. The symposium to be held on October 10th is an impetus for this: 'Roadmap for a circular agriculture† This symposium will be held on Sustainability Day and representatives from politics, business and science will give their views on the path to follow. In the vegetable and animal sector, according to the organizing committee of that day mainly to accelerate the next technical developments.
Circularity of crop production is in large part a matter of using circular fertilizers instead of chemical fertilizers, a route that has been successfully followed as far back as 1990. Since then, fertilizer consumption has halved. In 2018, this means that the sector has the infrastructure and many practical examples that enable this development to be accelerated.
The technique comes down to low-emission placing organic and inorganic plant nutrients from the circular economy in the root zone: at the right time, with the right dosage and in the right form. We are now good at that and it delivers top yields. In addition, the supply of circular fertilizers is more than sufficient in terms of quality and quantity.
Closing cycles
We are also well on the way in closing the cycles in animal production, especially by replacing concentrates with roughage† This lucrative route has been chosen by a growing number of livestock farmers in recent years, see for example the statistics of the Fertile Cycle project of LTO Noord.
The ministry also recognizes that promoting circularity is about keeping pace with ongoing developments. You can safely speak of a winning horse and that, as the saying goes, only needs free rein to win the race. In the view of the organization of the symposium, this means: "Leaving plenty of room for the craftsmanship of agricultural entrepreneurs in consultation with government and science."
The professionals are in the starting blocks with regard to sustainability. The actions, which will be presented at the symposium in Wageningen, are a response to this. This is how . gets the symposium due to current events suddenly the character of a kick-off meeting for the transition to a circular agriculture. The sector does what it promises.
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Oh forget Schouten, she doesn't give the vision hands and feet, all empty words for the stage. The business model of the vision is impossible in the real world without great political courage to introduce new legislation for this in which the farmer is compensated or paid and the consumer spends considerably more on food, it would not look out of place in a fairy tale book.