Beleidsinstrumenten voor energie-neutrale en klimaatvriendelijke agrosectoren : zoektocht naar de optimale instrumentenmix

Greenhouse horticulture, dairy farming and intensive livestock farming have access to policy and otherinstruments that help these sectors move closer to their energy and climate objectives. However, whilesome objectives for 2020 are close to being achieved, others are more remote. This applies in particularto the production of renewable energy and the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions in the dairysector, as well as the production of renewable energy using co-fermentation and the reduction of CO2emissions in intensive livestock farming. Education, economic incentives and regulations and legislationrepresent the major instruments used. Horticulture uses more specific instruments tailored to the natureof the sector, while livestock farming largely favours generic instruments. Regular reviews are carriedout to assess whether the instruments still incentivise the appropriate behaviour and do not fundinnovations that are already out of date or do not contribute to long-term objectives. A point forattention, however, is the limited number of tools – or limited support – for business owners to movecloser to their climate and energy objectives. This is in spite of the need for business owners to have aperspective for action. Alongside this, current communication and knowledge transfer appear toconcentrate on business owners who are actively working toward these objectives, even though more‘passive’ business owners should also be involved in developments