This issue contains 4 sections.
News - Agriculture and livestock
EU support for promotion of agricultural products
The European Commission has approved 5 Dutch promotional programmes for agricultural products.
Minister Dijksma calls on Safety Board to study meat sector risks
Minister for Agriculture Dijksma has called on the Dutch Safety Board to carry out a study into risks in the meat sector. Minister ...
Measures to combat bird flu
Minister for Agriculture Sharon Dijksma will work with the poultry sector to achieve a structural reduction in the number of ...
Dijksma: 'Sustainable agriculture is essential for food security'
Speaking at a meeting in Madrid attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Minister for Agriculture Sharon Dijksma called for ...
European agriculture policy greener and more effective
'The EU Agriculture Ministers have reached agreement on the new European agriculture policy and priority will be given to greening ...
Opportunities for Dutch Agri-food sector in India
India plans to double its food production in the coming 5 years and is making funds available to employ Dutch skills and expertise ...
First results of horsemeat investigation
The vast majority of the controls carried out by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel - en ...
Agricultural exports rise to €75 billion
Dutch agricultural exports rose again last year. Agricultural exports grew by €3.2 billion, from €72.2 billion Euros in 2011 to ...
EU: More fisheries to use innovative "pulse trawl" system
More Dutch fisheries can make use of a pulse trawl, an innovative type of fishing gear for catching sole and plaice. An agreement ...
Bleker and Cioloş agree on EU agriculture policy greening
A recent meeting between Dutch Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Henk Bleker, and European Commissioner for Agriculture ...
