Etiket: agriculture
Wanted: Christian agriculture minister with nerves of steel
No perspective and now also no minister, was the concise summary of SP MP Renske Leijten in the House of Representatives this week about the impasse in agricultural policy since…
Agriculture needs a minister with decisiveness, says province
A minister must act decisively as soon as possible. Provincial administrator Elies Lemkes-Straver announced this in response to the departure of Agriculture Minister Henk Staghouwer. The minister announced his departure…
Staghouwer leaves as Minister of Agriculture, Schouten temporary successor
Agriculture minister Henk Staghouwer has resigned. The ChristenUnie minister is the first minister of the fourth Rutte cabinet to leave. The king has now granted the resignation. Minister Carola Schouten…
Henk Staghouwer unexpectedly resigns as Minister of Agriculture
Henk Staghouwer in the House of Representatives.Statue Freek van den Bergh ‘When I took office as minister, I knew that we were faced with enormous tasks in agriculture, horticulture and…
New nitrogen report adds fuel to the fire around the Veluwe: ‘Agriculture must apparently disappear’
A report by leading experts from all over Europe may turn the entire nitrogen discussion in the Netherlands upside down. The values of the maximum nitrogen precipitation in nature reserves…
Agriculture minister postpones letter in which he offers farmers perspective
Minister of Agriculture Henk Staghouwer (ChristenUnie) has postponed his long-awaited letter to the House of Representatives, in which he outlines the future prospects for farmers in the Netherlands. Staghouwer would…
‘Government must properly facilitate the transition of agriculture’
Van Opbergen also realizes that the transition will not be easy. “It is not just about nitrogen, but problems must be tackled integrally. Methane, CO2, drought approach and water quality…
Mayor Ledegem writes an open letter to Zuhal Demir: “Make the effluent water available again for horticulture and agriculture”
Mayor Ledegem writes an open letter to Zuhal Demir: “Make the effluent water available again for horticulture and agriculture” Aquafin decided on 4 June in consultation with the cabinet of…
Oblivion in networks: Production and Agriculture continue to be ministries on Twitter
These are hours of a lot of work in the Cabinet: it is that with the rearrangement of the ministries, it is necessary to rearrange the work organization chart. Wednesday…
Agriculture minister: worrying situation about bird flu, situation is not improving
Agriculture Minister Henk Staghouwer calls it ‘worrying’ that the bird flu virus is still spreading. He wrote in a letter to the House of Representatives that ‘the situation is not…