How the Netherlands Feeds the World (2017)
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How the Netherlands Feeds the World (2017)
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#2I'm guessing that Israel and Spain might be behind the Netherlands in this trend. Absolutely fascinating.
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#3Google Earth to the greenhouse complex is southern Spain is visually entertaining. Similar giant single area in the NL?
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#4"Food Valley"? Oh, come on... they could have done better! How about "Sustenance Valley"? But that brings up a secondary point... a valley?? In Holland??
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#5"Food Valley"? Oh, come on... they could have done better! How about "Sustenance Valley"? But that brings up a secondary point... a valley?? In Holland??
Yeah, it's nuts. Every region and a half in the Netherlands that specializes in something calls themselves "something something valley".
That said I was once in Silicon Valley and there were hills on the left and water on the right. Not really much of a valley either.
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#6Google Earth to the greenhouse complex is southern Spain is visually entertaining. Similar giant single area in the NL?
Westland south of The Hague
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Westland/@51.9915637,4.190...
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#7Google Earth to the greenhouse complex is southern Spain is visually entertaining. Similar giant single area in the NL?
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#8"Food Valley"? Oh, come on... they could have done better! How about "Sustenance Valley"? But that brings up a secondary point... a valley?? In Holland??
Yeah, it's nuts. Every region and a half in the Netherlands that specializes in something calls themselves "something something valley". That said I was once in Silicon Valley and there were hills on the left and water on the right. Not really much of a valley either.
I live in the Netherlands, and I've never heard anything like that before. I live in The Hague, maybe it's a regional thing?
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#9Not to talk down the Dutch achievement too much but the quality of statistics used in this article is terrible.
Total monetary value of agricultural exports is a terrible way to measure output. It doesn't take into account: 1. Re-exports (Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe) 2. Specialisation in the production of certain goods (i.e. high imports and exports) 3. The high price of agricultural goods in Europe, driven by high trade barriers. 4. Low domestic consumption compared to more populous nations.
For a better analysis of the monetary value of Dutch agricultural exports see here: https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2018/03/dutch-agricultural-exp...
Note for example the 22.5 billion Euros in re-exports of agricultural goods.
90% reduction in water usage is also hard to judge without looking at changes in other advanced agricultural nations.
It would be more interesting to see the yields per-hectare the Dutch are achieving compared to other advanced agricultural nations.
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#10"Food Valley"? Oh, come on... they could have done better! How about "Sustenance Valley"? But that brings up a secondary point... a valley?? In Holland??
Calling anything in the Netherlands a hill or valley is a bit of a stretch. However 'Food Valley' refers to the regional nickname 'Gelderse Vallei' and is in fact a valley between the following ridges: