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The Netherlands is the second largest agricultural exporter in the world after the United States, but they're using just 0.5% of the farmland. But this industry is under pressure from as Dutch farmers are forced to downside to curb nitrogen emissions.

FULL TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h...

FURTHER READING:

Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter of food (Washington Post):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...

This Tiny Country Feeds the World (National Geographic):
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ma...

Dutch Agri The Dutch used to be capitalist farmers, the 19th century forced them into family farming (Agrifood Networks):
https://agrifoodnetworks.org/article/...

Dutch Agri Niek Koning: ‘The competitive advantage of Dutch farmers is eroding’ (Agrifood Networks):
https://agrifoodnetworks.org/article/...

Agricultural Development in the Netherlands (WUR):
https://edepot.wur.nl/400417

#Netherlands #Agriculture