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The changing role of agriculture in Dutch society
2009-10-01
Abstract excerpt
Dutch agriculture has undergone significant changes in the past century, similar to many countries in the European Union. Due to economies of scale and in order to remain economically profitable, it became necessary for farmers to increase farm size, efficiency and external inputs, while minimizing labour use per hectare. The latter has resulted in fewer people working in the agricultural sector. Consequently, Dut...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ff255bca-3757-5084-b6d0-fa06aabe1bdd
- DOI
- 10.1017/s0021859609990049
