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Petra Berkhout

By Petra Berkhout

Mrs. Petra Berkhout is an agricultural economist with a professional experience of 30 years, mainly in the area of the CAP. Until 2000 she worked for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, first in the area of the agricultural market policy, later in the area of EU rural and structural policies for the agricultural sector, including state aid procedures. She was spokesperson for the Netherlands in the Committee on Structural Policies and Rural development (STAR-committee) and working groups on rural development (Agenda 2000) and co-author of the first Dutch RDP.

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The number of farmers can increase: fact or fiction?

29 April 2021 | Category: Agriculture

I often read on social media or in newspapers that the number of farmers in the Netherlands should increase. The reasoning behind this is that more farms will also mean smaller farms, another often heard wish. An increase in the number of farmers would go against the trend of the…

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Articles ofPetra Berkhout

By Petra Berkhout

The number of farmers can increase: fact or fiction?

Articles of
Petra Berkhout