Lose farmland
According to DDB chairman Sieta Keimpema, the government demands a lot but offers too little. For example, it is expected that a large part of the land that the sector still uses will soon be lost to nature and other tasks. The DDB also does not believe that there would be no government budget for the implementation of an agricultural agreement.
Finally, Keimpema sees enough reason in the results of the provincial council elections, which were convincingly won by newcomer BBB, to wait for the new provincial councils first. Until then, she does not want to commit herself to ‘a hopeless diktat from The Hague, oppressive preconditions and unattainable goals’.
It remains to be seen whether other organizations will follow DDB’s example. Adema hopes to present an agricultural agreement next month. It should state how the future of the agricultural sector in the Netherlands remains with sustainable and profitable companies.