Deltas, as areas with both land and water, have always been attractive places to live because they offer good conditions for agriculture, and because navigation was for a long time important for transport. These reasons apply also to the Bangladesh delta, the most important food system for the...

At the end of 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) in Brussels submitted a draft of the National Strategic Plan (NSP). Each member state had to submit such a plan to the European Commission. This novelty is the result of the far-reaching adjustments that the Common...

The emerging scientific field of food law in the Netherlands is discussed, including the development of this area in the last 50 years. This development was characterized by 3 phases (towards a free market for foods, emphasis on food safety, and globalization). The European General Food Law is...

This literature study focuses on measures aiming to internalize the costs of external effects in the animal-based food system. The production, processing and consumption of food have positive and negative external effects on humans and the environment, but a considerable share of the costs of these ...

This report discusses the improvement of food security and the fight against hunger. The report consists of three articles.

In the monotheistic religions emerging in the Middle-East, the cradle of our civilization, pigs were of low esteem. Eating their meat was even forbidden in the Mosaic laws, most probably because in arid or semi-arid regions these animals were in competition with humans for food. The taboo on pork...

In this study was assessed new or adapted incentives that enable us to restore the balance between ecosystem services of the soil and to bridge the gap between the need of social services and the field of influence in which farmers operate. The study comprises a literature study on trade-offs...

Slaughter houses did not exist in mediaeval European cities. Butchers sold meat to customers in specially build 'meat houses', covered market places, in which each master, member of the butchers guild, was alotted a 'table' or stall (French: étale). These halls were built by the cities and remained ...

This research examined whether a national or European label of origin for meat would be preferable for an exporting country like the Netherlands. The research was divided into two phases. The first phase evaluated the experiences in the beef and egg sectors, which have already been working with...