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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Example Sentences

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

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

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

To effect a change, Mansholt aims to reduce the number of European farmers within the next decade from 10 million to 5,000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each of the top echelon of leaders had been honored on arrival in Paris by the playing of his country's national anthem�each, that is, except the President of the EEC Commission, Sicco Mansholt.

From Time Magazine Archive