Mansholt

British  

/ ˈmɑnshɔlt /

noun

1. Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community

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Mansholt wanted to secure the country’s food supply by increasing production.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020

Heavy machinery, chemical fertilisers, and new research and technology were part of a modernising mission that Mansholt later evangelised across the continent as the first European commissioner for agriculture through the common agricultural policy.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020

In the years after the war, the Netherlands’ agriculture minister Sicco Mansholt piloted large-scale mechanised farming.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020

Sicco Mansholt, the Dutch vice president of the EEC Commission, noted that European big business slowly has created an irreversible momentum toward integration.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mansholt has called for an immediate attack on Europe's agricultural surpluses, particularly of sugar and dairy products.

From Time Magazine Archive

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