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News 24 Jan 2012 Ecological networks and cost-benefit analysis Increasing pressure on land demands a careful assessment of competing activities in land-use planning. Cost-benefit analysis is increasingly used in planning processes to select the land-use plan... read more Valuing the landscape Landscapes are highly appreciated by local residents and tourists alike, for their beauty and for their historical value. Yet landscape features may be destroyed for short-term gain. This points to... read more Internationalisation of the Fisheries Knowledge Groups The Fisheries Knowledge Groups are taking the first step towards European cooperation aimed at improving knowledge exchange between European fishermen and scientists. Since many European fisheries... read more Inaugural lecture upon taking up the post of Special Professor of Economics of Water and Climate Change Water resources are under increasing pressure from population growth and economic development. Scarcity of water and climate change induce a relocation of food production. The availability of... read more 20 Jan 2012 Certification of agrarian nature conservation In the Netherlands, a discussion is currently taking place on how to minimize administrative burdens linked to agri- environmental schemes and other types of agrarian nature conservation. One option... read more White fish from the North Sea is equally climate friendly as farmed fish The environmental impact of plaice and cod caught wild in the North Sea is similar to that of imported farmed fish like salmon, tilapia and pangasius. This was the conclusion arrived at by LEI in a... read more Mexican horticulture industry In 2011, at the request of the agricultural counsellor of the Dutch Embassy in Mexico, a market study on protected horticulture was conducted by PPO and LEI, to assess opportunities for Dutch... read more Community Based Education course In January, Olga van der Valk realised her last visit to Ethiopia for work package 6 ‘Community Based Education’ (CBE) for the NUFFIC program Capacity Building for Sustainable Development of... read more Seminar Series: Achieving and measuring results of PSD interventions During the first quarter of 2012, LEI is organising a seminar series on monitoring and evaluation. The series must support organisations active in Private Sector Development (notably the... read more 17 Jan 2012 Possibilities to reform phytosanitary policy Entrepreneurs could be given more responsibility for controlling phytosanitary risks. However the government must first assess whether they are willing and able to control invasive plant diseases and... read more Major changes to income in agriculture and horticulture in 2011 Some agriculture and horticulture businesses saw significantly lower incomes in 2011 compared to 2010. The drop in income among greenhouse-based vegetable growers, brought about mainly by the EHEC... read more »  more News

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