Research for AGRI Committee - Agriculture and the EU's Common Agricultural Policy in the Netherlands
In-Depth Analysis
15-01-2016
This in-depth analysis is intended for MEPs of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development visiting the Netherlands in March 2016. The document provides a very concise overview of the country, describes its farming sector and details the implementation of the new EU’s Common Agricultural Policy for the 2014-2020 period. The Netherlands has a high-income, open, knowledge-based economy, which is gradually recovering from a protracted recession. As regards its agricultural sector, the main challenge for the coming years will be to reconcile the continuous growth of agricultural outputs and productivity with the preservation of the environment.
In-Depth Analysis
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- agri-foodstuffs
- AGRI-FOODSTUFFS
- agricultural activity
- agricultural expenditure
- agricultural policy
- agricultural statistics
- agricultural trade
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- agro-industry
- aid to agriculture
- common agricultural policy
- dairy production
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental impact
- environmental policy
- EU finance
- Europe
- EUROPEAN UNION
- export refund
- farming systems
- GEOGRAPHY
- national agricultural policy
- Netherlands
- political geography
- political situation
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- regions and regional policy
- rural development
- trade
- TRADE
- trade policy