Articles | Volume 81, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-311-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-311-2026
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17 Jun 2026
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The promissory narratives of the Dutch National Protein Strategy

Willem Rogier Boterman

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This paper investigates the National Protein Strategy (NPS) of the Netherlands, an important producer and global exporter of meat and dairy products that largely relies on the import of plant-based proteins from across the globe. The paper shows that the strategy is riddled with techno-optimist narratives that are promising to resolve the strategic deficit of proteins, sustaining the Dutch intensive livestock farming.
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