Publications by Katrien van ’t Hooft
Lessons from NL dairy farming
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Hidden effects
Main conclusion of the article: “The focus on crossbreeding and increasing the productivity…
Sustainable effect
It presents the characteristics of different types of livestock keeping systems by smallholder…
Other publications
Fighting Antibiotic Resistance through Unified Strategies
Meeting Report. Katrien van’t Hooft and M.N.B.Nair. Current Science vol 113, no 11 December 2017
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Hidden Effects of Dairy Farming on Public and Environmental Health
in the Netherlands, India, Ethiopia and Uganda, Considering the Use of Antibiotics and other Agro-Chemicals - Maria J. Groot and Katrien E.van’t Hooft, 2016. In: Frontiers of Public Health 4:12. dos: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00012
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Seven major issues & risks of hyper-intensive mega farms
and why a paradigm change is happening – PP Katrien van’t Hooft at World Conference Controversies in Bovine Health, Industry and Economics (COBO), Berlin August 2015
Old Traditions, New Practices
Article in Farming Matters magazine, June 2013
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Livestock, the World and the Dutch: a quick scan of opportunities in nine countries
(Russia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mexico) – including the Full country reports. Authors: Jan van der Lee, Katrien van’t Hooft, Jessica Cornelissen and Bram Wouters, May 2013. Study for Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands – Topsector Agri-Food (in commission of Livestock Research Institute, Wageningen University)
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The Dairy Development Trap
Hooft, K.van’t. In: “Livestock Management for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security (chapter 12). CABI Publishers, April 2012
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What’s next on Climate Change and Food Security?
Side-event entitled Livestock, Climate Change and Food Security during the Down2Earth Conference in The Hague (31 October – 5 November 2010)
Op Eigen Kracht – Winst voor Boer en Milieu door de Kringloopaanpak
Op Eigen Kracht – Winst voor Boer en Milieu door de Kringloopaanpak
Video in Dutch. (Translated: Growing Strenghts – success for farmer and environment due to the cycle approach). June 2008. By ETC-Adviesgroep, financed by Provinces Drenthe and Utrecht.
Endogenous Livestock Development in Cameroon
Exploring the Potential of Local Initiatives for Livestock Development - Hooft, K. van’t, Millar D., Geerlings, E., Django S., 2008. Agromisa Foundation Wageningen, the Netherlands. Book 62 pages + DVD; versions in English (ELDbookletEnglish), French (ELDbookletFrench), Spanish and Portuguese (ELDbookletPortuguese)
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Gracias a los Animales – Crianza Pecuaria familiar en America Latina
Con casos de los Valles y el Altiplano de Bolivia.
Hooft, K van’t (editor), 2004. In Spanish. (Translated: Thanks to the Animals – Family level livestock keeping in Latin America with case studies from the bolivian valleys and highlands) AGRUCO, CIGAC, ETC y Plural Editores, la Paz.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The content and cost of the tour depends on the details of your request: major interest, number of participants, length of the tour and number of farmers to be visited. The most popular programs have 1 day duration for a group of 20-30 participants, and include:
- Arrival and reception at farm 1 (to be selected)
- Introduction: history of Dutch dairy farming and lessons learnt
- Introduction to farm 1 + on-farm tour
- Lunch with (organic) farm produce
- Travel to farm 2 (to be selected) – or additional training on farm 1
- Evaluation of tour
The cost of a tour depends on the specific program requirements and number of participants. Please send an e-mail detailing your request for a cost estimate of the tour of your choice. Please note that tours are not possible on Sundays.
Dutch Farm Experience does not organize training in the Netherlands for individual farmers, only for groups. This is, amongst other difficulties, related to visum acquisition challenges and cost involved. We can only work through formally registered institutes and companies.
Dutch Farm Experience links you with Dutch dairy farmers, but is in itself a NOT a dairy farm.
If you are visiting the Netherlands you are welcome to visit a farm with a farm shop. Dutch Farm Experience does not organize this. Farmers/individuals visiting the Netherlands and interested to visit a Dutch farm: please go to the nearest farm during the opening hours of the farm-shop – review the possibilities at https://www.lekkerder.nl/ or https://landwinkel.nl/
Dutch Farm Experience does not organize internships nor working places on farms . For more info on internships at organic farms, please visit WWOOF https://wwoof.net/.
Dutch Farm Experience does not provide services for exporting Dutch cattle or goods related to dairy farming.