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Dutch Organic Sector Lagging Behind Europe
AMSTERDAM - May 2/03 - SNS -- Organic food production and consumption in the Netherlands is increasing, but not fast enough to satisfy government set goals.
The amount of organic farmland in the Netherlands increased by 9.7% to 43,000 hectares in 2002. The organic area is one of the lowest in Europe and the percentage of total farmland at 2.2% is much below the EU average of 3.2%.
The highest rise in organic farmland was observed between 1999 and 2001 when the land area expanded from 23,000 to 39,000 hectares.
The slowdown in conversion rate has been partly due to a change in government policy: The Dutch minister of agriculture ceased to provide subsidies to farmers converting to organic agriculture in 2002 as it wanted the industry to be market-driven and not production-led.
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