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Book Summary
Agriculture is changing rapidly. The greatest current challenge to the
agricultural sector is for it to become sustainable in all three of the
dimensions profit, people and planet. This is certainly the case in highly
urbanized countries like the Netherlands, where agriculture is confronted with
high land prices, rising consumer concerns for issues like animal welfare and
negative environmental effects but also with new demands from the city for
recreation, health care and local food products. These are some of the
developments in our society that are forcing agriculture to change. The
government, farmers, the agri-food industry and the retail sector struggle to
meet this challenge and find
ISBN-13
9789086861170
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Publishing Date
2009-08
Total Pages
392
Transitions Towards Sustainable Agriculture, Food Chains And Peri-Urban Areas: Recent Experiences From The Netherlands
Agriculture is changing rapidly. The greatest current challenge to the
agricultural sector is for it to become sustainable in all three of the
dimensions profit, people and planet. This is certainly the case in highly
urbanized countries like the Netherlands, where agriculture is confronted with
high land prices, rising consumer concerns for issues like animal welfare and
negative environmental effects but also with new demands from the city for
recreation, health care and local food products. These are some of the
developments in our society that are forcing agriculture to change. The
government, farmers, the agri-food industry and the retail sector struggle to
meet this challenge and find