1. Saturday, May 28, 2016 Climate Smart Agriculture Case study: Producing tomatoes in the Netherlands

2. Dutch horticulture: key figures Economic significance of the Horticulture complex: ca 4.000 companies Added value: Horticulture:€ 7 billion Export Value: € 75 billon (19%) Export driven The Netherlands (2013) Biggest exporter of taomatoes Worth: € 1.8 billion 2nd: Mexico, 3rd: Spain Saturday, May 28, 2016

3. Tomatoes Area of origin South / Middle America Mayas and Incas Plants need: Warmth Light Fertilizer Sweet water The Netherlands lack a warm climate Greenhouses Energy intensity Saturday, May 28, 2016

4. Growing Tomatoes in the Netherlands Main trade off Production vs mitigation Benefits: Degressive energy tax policies Highly skilled labour Export facilities Weakthy markets close by Fossil based production: Up to 40% of the production costs Mainly warmth Extra growing light Light pollution Saturday, May 28, 2016

5. Mitigation: CO2 reduction Horticulture uses 4% of the total energy in the NL Energy intensive sector Reduction in energy tax But: Sectoral CO2-emisson cap Decreasing year by year Saving energy Renewable heath Geothermics 2014: 8/8 projects in the NL by horticulture Saturday, May 28, 2016

6. Organization Vision driven Policy and sectoral shared vision (PPS) 2050: 0 CO2-emission Science based innovations Sectoral Innovation programm Research & Development Demonstration & introduction programm Saturday, May 28, 2016

7. Discussion This is a Dutch best practice General lessons? More difficulties with dairy production: Non CO2 GHG Incentive? Animal welfare and landscape (LULUCF) World wide demand and production Level playing field? Saturday, May 28, 2016

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9. Key factors Policies have their internal logic On farm level, they can raise conflicts Suboptimized policy, problem on farm scale Determine possible: Win-win situations possible Direct interaction between policy makers and farmers Identify the disallignment together Solutions: Either policy based or research based In the NL: new policy instrument: Green Deals Saturday, May 28, 2016