WS1.
2 – Care Farming: Challenges in innovations across the domains of agriculture and social care
9
th
European IFSA Symposium, 4‐7 July 2010, Vienna (Austria) 306
Regional platforms for green care farming in the Netherlands
Aïde E.
Roesta
, Simon J....
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WS1.
2 – Care Farming: Challenges in innovations across the domains of agriculture and social care
9
th
European IFSA Symposium, 4‐7 July 2010, Vienna (Austria) 306
Regional platforms for green care farming in the Netherlands
Aïde E.
Roesta
, Simon J.
Oostingb
, Reina T.
Ferwerda‐van Zonneveldc
and J.
Francisca Caron‐
Flintermanc
a
Agricultural Economics Institute, Wageningen UR, P.
O.
Box 29703, 2502 LS The Hague, The Netherlands ,
aide.
roest@wur.
nl
b
Animal Production Systems Group, Wageningen University, P.
O.
Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The
Netherlands, simon.
oosting@wur.
nl
c
Wageningen UR Livestock Research, P.
O.
Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands, reina.
ferwerda@wur.
nl,
francisca.
caron‐flinterman@wur.
nl
Abstract: According to the Farm Structure Survey (annual farm data collection) the number of green care farms
in the Netherlands grew rapidly from 372 in 2003 to 638 in 2008.
From 1998 till 2008 the so‐called ‘national
support centre
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