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How the Netherlands Built the Most Productive Agricultural Sector
Lucas and Luna explore how the Netherlands, a small, densely populated country, became the world's second-largest agricultural exporter by value, behind only the United States. The episode drills into the specific case of Dutch greenhouse agriculture, where innovations in closed-loop systems, precision irrigation, and data-driven crop management have produced yields far exceeding global averages. Lucas explains how Wageningen University & Research acts as a national productivity hub, connecting academic research directly to commercial farms. Luna asks whether the Dutch model can be…
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