Holland is a small country with a small population. Why can it become a big agricultural country?

It is precisely because of the adjustment of agricultural production and agricultural product trade structure and the use of export and science and technology that the Netherlands has developed into a big agricultural country.

The first reason is to use exports.

The land area of the Netherlands can be said to be very small, equivalent to Hainan Island in our country. There are also a series of adverse weather conditions such as high latitude, low temperature and short sunshine, which still make agricultural products internationally competitive, and the export scale continues to expand, maintaining a leading position in the world.

In 2007, Dutch agricultural exports reached US$ 67.6 billion, increasing to US$ 89.3 billion in 20 1 1 year, reaching US$ 90.9 billion in 20 13 year, a record high, and dropping to US$ 81400 million in 20 15 year. Although the total export volume of agricultural products has fluctuated in recent years, it has always maintained its position as the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. In terms of net export, the net export of Dutch agricultural products reached more than 4.4 billion US dollars in 1980, and rose to more than 4.2 billion US dollars in 1999, ranking first in the world, rising to 29.5 billion US dollars in 2008 and 56.8 billion US dollars in 20 12, the highest in history. In recent years, its net export value has declined, but

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The second reason is to adjust the structure of agricultural production and agricultural products trade.

Knowing its own advantages and disadvantages, coupled with the low price of imported grain, the Netherlands seized this opportunity and boldly tried to rationally allocate and optimize agricultural resources and produce in places with good geographical location, that is, to produce and export more labor-intensive advantageous agricultural products. If we can't grow anything at home, we will concentrate on producing superior agricultural products supplemented by imports, which has laid a "big import and big export" international trade model for agricultural products in the Netherlands.

The third reason is technological innovation.

The Netherlands has found a way to develop agriculture, gradually realized the economic advantages of agriculture, learned to use science and technology to develop agriculture, greatly improved efficiency, and economic benefits have been rising.