Skylark Foundation helps Dutch farmers to learn from peers and optimise farms’ performance
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| Publication date | Thursday, 1 February, 2018 |
| Keywords | benchmarking productivity Farming practice sustainability arable land |
In the Netherlands, the Skylark Foundation stimulates arable farmers and food processors to improve sustainable arable farming together. The foundation has approximately 400 participating farmers and over 50 knowledge and supply chain partners, including food processors and farmer cooperatives. Hedwig Boerrigter, director at Skylark Foundation, says: “Skylark is based on the belief that to achieve sustainability, the whole farm management, should be considered.”
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