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fromBusiness Insider
6 days ago

See how a country the size of Maryland became the world's second-largest agricultural exporter

The Netherlands has some of the most efficient greenhouses in the world. Dutch company Looye Kwekers has tomato plants that grow a foot a week with limited water. The Netherlands yields 12 times more tomatoes than the average tomato farm globally. The Netherlands is about the size of the state of Maryland, yet it's the second-largest agricultural exporter in the world by value, behind the US.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

How a tiny country became the second-biggest agricultural exporter in the world

Dutch intensive greenhouse agriculture combines technological innovation and research to drive massive exports but faces energy, labor, and nitrogen pollution challenges.
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