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Did you know…?

July 7, 2018
By: Katrin Uurman

Did you know that:

  • even being a tiny country appr. 300 km from west to east and 400 from south to north, the country has more than 8000 km of coastline (More coastline than South Africa) !!
  • everybody staying in Denmark have less than 50 km to travel, to go to the seaside.
  • 11 million of 15 million tourist overnight stays will be German tourists, searching for outdoor and seaside pleasure mainly at the west coast of Denmark.

Did you know about Danish agriculture that: 

  • animals are outnumbering the Danish human population by 3 times. 17 million><5,5 million !
  • 67% of the agricultural production is exported.
  • Danish agricultural export counts for 1/3 of the total European Agricultural export.

 

  • Carbon footprint (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) from Danish Livestock is among the lowest in the world.

 

Sources:
Lesschen, J. P., M. van den Berg, H. J. Westhoek, H. P. Witzke and O. Oenema (2011). “Greenhouse gas emission profiles of European livestock sectors. see http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377840111001775.”Animal Feed Science and Technology166–167: 16-28.

https://agricultureandfood.dk/

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