1. Agriculture land in the Netherlands: how it is managed? Rik Wouters Sr Land Expert Kadaster NL Courtesy Linda ter Heerdt (land expert) and Ruben Roes (registrar)

2. Outline Introduction on lease Management State Land Conclusions

3. Importance of leases in the Netherlands Netherlands: 4,1 million ha of surface 3,3 million ha of land (water almost 20%) 1,8 million ha agriculture land (55% of land mass) Area agriculture land 2014 Ownership: 58% Lease: 27% Long lease: 2% Other:*13% *a.o. grey/black lease, rent (temp use)

4. Share of types of leases and trends since 2007 Types of lease: Standard Liberalised <6 years Liberalised >6 years Rent <2 years Crop (usefruct) Nature Trend: present law induces new contract predominantly liberalised <6 years period

5. Trend period of lease is decreasing: 2014-15

6. Lease holders and lessors Leaseholders are mainly farmers: share of the land leased 40% 70% of farmers leases land  financing Lessors consist of (estimate 2012 LEI): Individual lessors 23% Farmers 9% Investors 15% State bodies 23% Large private lessors (church, 12 nature trusts) 12% Others (foreigners) and unknown 18%

7. State land in the Netherlands Type in ha’sReal Estate Agency Forest serviceTotal Liberalised lease <6 years7,20040,50047,700 Standard lease38,5004,20042,700 Lease of nature1,400 Total45,70046,10091,800 State bodies ownership* in ha’s for 3 types of lease *Ha’s refer only to the lease land, in fact there is more land in ownership of the State

8. Management of agriculture State land

9. Rijksvastgoedbedrijf (RVB) - Central Government Real Estate Agency RVB develops, builds and manages property incl land cooperation with commercial parties such as building firms, architects and farmers contract out via https://www.tenderned.nl/https://www.tenderned.nl/ Aim for adhering to fair and transparent public procurement procedures and professional commissioning practices. 1900 staff in total RVB report to the minister of Housing and Interior

10. Rijksvastgoedbedrijf department for state land management State land: land owned by the State  land registry Special department to manage state agriculture land One office for the Netherlands NB: This does not include the forest service and the land bank

11. Fact and figures 20 staff to run the department Total income from leasing agriculture land 40 M€ per year Type of lease: Standard 93% Liberalised 6% Others 1% Information on contract and prices is not public

12. Process of management land Strategy: Sustainable, transparent, conform market and fair for lease holders Contracting: Standard lease: private contracting, automatic extension Liberalised lease: public tendering Long lease: abolished, buildings are sold

13. Process of management Conditions Crop rotation Specific crops Period of contract Concern due to liberalised contracts Short term lease = short term thinking and no security Loos of quality of the soil and decreased value of the land Soil fertility test at beginning and at the end of contract

14. Operations Complete map (ESRI) of all land parcels and building IT system that: records all lease contracts and other relevant facts gives warning system when lease contracts expire keeps information on soil quality Frequent update based on cadastre bulk data Check completeness and synchrony Information on neighboring parcels

15. Conclusion Central department to manage state land Complete/up-to-date information on the State properties Efficient process on leasing out land Transparent and market compliant operations Encroachment-resistant Concern on land value and soil quality!!

16. Thank you for your attention rik.wouters@kadaster.nl