Lto ‘stops with agriculture deal’, it was announced this evening after consultation. “We would have loved to see it succeed. However, we must state concretely and concretely that not enough measures have been taken to offer farmers and horticulturists a prospect of action and income security,’ according to the agricultural organisation.
According to the LTO, the draft agriculture agreement “breathes an atmosphere in which the objectives and obligations for the agricultural sector are set in stone”, including the consequences that follow if farmers fail to meet these objectives. The interest group writes it in a statement.
“Insufficient Perspective”
‘Unfortunately, the effort to support farmers and horticulturists in this is not concrete enough to be able to build for the future. In the process, severe obligations have been increasingly compensated for by good intentions, but a farmer cannot live on intentions. This does not give Dutch agriculture the perspective we were looking for in the context of an agricultural agreement.’
LTO President Sjaak van der Tak: ‘As LTO we are disappointed that it didn’t work. We want to work together and find solutions, it’s in our nature. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Minister Adema and the cabinet. Perspective requires space to make the transition. The courage to trust the craftsmanship and entrepreneurship of an industry. Securing all nature and climate goals is important, but it dominates so one-sidedly that a discussion of the strategic value of food, a livable countryside and the intangible value of farmers and horticulturists remains subordinate.’
Tonight there was another meeting with, among others, Agriculture Minister Piet Adema and his colleagues Christianne van der Wal (nitrogen) and Hugo de Jonge (spatial planning), which was later joined by the LTO. LTO now reports that more and more good intentions emerged in the process, “but a farmer cannot live on intentions.”
Disappointing
Agriculture Minister Piet Adema calls the LTO release “extremely disappointing”, but has not yet been able to say anything about the further course of the agriculture deal. “We’ll have to see what that means.” Adema declined to say what points the cabinet applauded for LTO. ‘LTO did not dare to jump,’ concluded the minister alone.
Source: BNR
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