‘Broad Sense of Frustration, Anger, Despair’: Dutch Farmers Protest against Nitrogen Cuts July 11, 2022 Unipro2013main World Politics - Geopolitics </p> <h2>Anger Amongst Farmers</h2> <p> Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Organization’s Wytse Sonnema says there’s a broad sense of “frustration, anger, even despair” amongst farmers amid proposals for nitrogen reduction target plans.<br /> <br /> Farmers are protesting around the Netherlands over the government’s new policy which would see the country slash nitrogen oxide and ammonia emissions by 50 per cent by 2030.<br /> <br /> “There’s a map now outlining nitrogen reduction targets of 50 per cent nationally, 70, up to 95 per cent in certain areas,” Mr Sonnema told Sky News Australia.<br /> <br /> “And imagine if you’re a fifth-generation farmer living on your land, making a living, being part of a local community, and you see a map saying that basically there’s no future.<br /> <br /> “No future for farming, but also no future for the economic, social, cultural fabric of the countryside.”<br /> <br /> Credit to : Sky News Australia</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
