Bert
Van Ruyven Dutch agriculture and its accomplishments are characterized by plant production in greenhouses. Its high rate of fruit and vegetable production contributes to the food supply worldwide, but the Netherlands also has succeeded in capturing other markets, such as flowers, ornamental plants, and plant nursery products Besides tulips
and other plants grown from bulbs, which made the Netherlands famous,
cut flowers (roses, chrysanthemums, and carnations) and indoor plants
account for nearly 50% of the world's production in economic terms.
The Dutch system of production and distribution rests on the triple combination of greenhouse growing, "veiling" and exporting, all extremely well organized in networks.
It is in this type of production that the combination of industrial and agricultural activities are most important.
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Greenhouse
plant production represents the most artificial form of agriculture.
It is an attempt to totally control nature by using techniques such
as in vitro growth, hydroponic culture, climatic regulation, fertilization
by irrigation, and total automation.