​Central level

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is responsible for:

• Developing legislation (in accordance with the Common Agricultural Policy);
• Setting rules and regulations;
• Facilitating the private sector and knowledge institutes;
• Developing the agri-food sector, through investment in innovation and sustainability.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is responsible monitoring food and consumer products to safeguard public health and animal health and welfare.

The PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency is the national institute for strategic policy analysis in the fields of the environment, nature and spatial planning. It conducts research and analysis in the field of agriculture, food production, agricultural emissions, and developments surrounding food demand.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Regional level

Regional authorities are responsible for:

• Executing the Rural Development Programme (European Fund)[1];
• Including agricultural development as part of regional spatial planning.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Provinces

Local level

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Allocating agricultural areas with spatial planning;
• Establishing local policies for multifunctional agriculture;
• Enforcing the Livestock and Odor act to control environmental health aspects of livestock farming.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Municipalities

Sources

European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Policies 2016, Agriculture and Rural Development Research for Agri Committee - Agriculture and the EU's Common Agricultural Policy in The Netherlands

Government of the Netherlands: Agriculture and Livestock

Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

[1] The Dutch Rural Development Programme (RDP) was adopted by the European Commission on 13 February 2015. This RDP for 2014-2020 was prepared on the basis on an allocation of EUR 1.3 billion of public funding.