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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTS1210Egg production in billion eggs864201990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001Figure A1.56: Egg production in the Netherlands 1990 to 2001Source: Land- en tuinbouwcijfers, various years (LEI/CBS).There has been significant consolidation in the Dutch egg sector over the last decade with the totalnumber of egg producers declining by 50% between 1990 and 2002 from 3,431 to 1,701 111 . Thenumber of specialist egg producers fell by 26% (from 1,376 to 1,018) over the same period implying ahigher degree of specialisation. In 1990 specialist egg producers accounted for 40% of all eggproducers, but by 2002 this proportion had increased to 60%. These changes meant that by 2002just 1.9% of farmers in the Netherlands had an egg enterprise compared with 2.7% in 1990 see TableA1.66.In addition to this consolidation in terms of production, the Dutch egg sector has also become moreconcentrated since 1990 with an increase (21%) in the number of holdings with flocks of over 50,000birds at the expense of all smaller flocks. It is interesting to note that there were even more largeflocks in 2000 than in 2002, this later decrease the result of stringent environmental legislationrelating in particular to manure disposal.111 The Farm Structure Survey figures show a total of 2,960 holdings in 2000. This figures appears to include holdings with housing capacityfor laying hens but not actually keeping hens at the survey date.234

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