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Pepper production to increase by 12% by 2020
Netherlands
Thursday 18 June 2009
A recently released report commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, whose aim is to outline the prospects of the Dutch agricultural sector to the year 2020, predicts an increase in the production of pepper and tomato crops over the next 11 years.
The study reveals that, in general, vegetable production per hectare will increase, albeit at a slower rate in comparison with the country’s competitors. Pepper production is expected to increase by 12%, while pepper acreage will show a decrease of 10%.
Furthermore, the number of agricultural farms and horticultural holdings will drop from around 75,000 in 2008 to less than 50,000 in 2020.
In the reference scenario, the report assumes an oil price of around 100 dollars a barrel. However, the report forecasts that in the event that the prices of other energy carriers, including gas, become equally expensive, horticultural production in greenhouses will decline rather than grow as in the reference scenario. Cucumbers are the most vulnerable crops in this respect, but the production of tomatoes, peppers and cut flowers would also decline.
The study reveals that, in general, vegetable production per hectare will increase, albeit at a slower rate in comparison with the country’s competitors. Pepper production is expected to increase by 12%, while pepper acreage will show a decrease of 10%.
Furthermore, the number of agricultural farms and horticultural holdings will drop from around 75,000 in 2008 to less than 50,000 in 2020.
In the reference scenario, the report assumes an oil price of around 100 dollars a barrel. However, the report forecasts that in the event that the prices of other energy carriers, including gas, become equally expensive, horticultural production in greenhouses will decline rather than grow as in the reference scenario. Cucumbers are the most vulnerable crops in this respect, but the production of tomatoes, peppers and cut flowers would also decline.
