Market gardening
is a type of intensive commercial farming. It is done to make as much profit as
possible from the produce. Goods such as flowers, fruit and vegetables are
ideal to make good profits from the crop. They are often located close to their
market.
Market Gardening covers only 5% of farmland area but makes up 25% of agricultural export. Land is scare as Netherlands is densely populated.
Market gardening
is big in the Netherlands. It has a lot of very flat land on which a lot of
green houses have been built. The greenhouses offer superb growing conditions
for most of the year. Holland is ideally situated in Europe and exports much of
it’s produce to the UK and other neighbouring countries.
Inputs
- Relief (Flat) Sand Dunes offer protection from prevailing winds
- Soil (Light and Sandy )
- Climate (Mild winters, mild summers) Long growing seasons
- Farm size
- Capital
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Technology (Machines)
- Transport
- Markets
Outputs
