Labour has always been a tricksy issue , but these days with the Coronavirus trouble it is even more so than common . In the greenhouse veg , harvest home must continue and in the cosmetic horticulture sphere , where thehardest blowsare presently taking place , the labour demand also lessen with the decrease in sales . So it its doing the honorable with what is usable .

" The chrysanthemums are already being looked at by agriculturalist whether they are snuff it to plunge them or if they should utilize a shredder for the craw , " says Daan Tas from Task Employment Agency . He sees that with the sales restrictions inflict on growers in the floriculture sector , the labour requisite is decrease . " There is less need to bunch together and sleeve the plants , so fewer people are require . "

shift of handsWhere workforce are available , they may be used in other places , for example with vegetable growers . Postuma AGF , a yield and veg jobber , is currently looking at the minute whether the educatee , who are usually employed in the sweeping trade , can set forth at agriculturalist with labour needs . " At the mo , this is not immediately necessary , because many Polish workers have stayed in the Netherlands and extra school youth is also usable , " say coach , Jarno Kwakkel . " But we keep this option undefendable to support our growers . "

Jarno also sees that there is presently still a caboodle of uncertainty about the accurate event of the latest measures . " The catering industry has make out to a complete standstill and retailers are sell more , so it is restless . "

Keep runningGrowers , meanwhile are doing everything within their power to keep things going . " We started early to anticipating what was to come in , " says Hannie Moors of Kwekerij Moors , which grows peppers . The fellowship is not yet in product , but has already started to foreknow what is to come . All relevant legislating and regulation have been checked and a call to the money box has already been made to know what can be counted on , should job go up if the terms for peppers collapse or even delivery is no longer allowed .

For the sentence being , however this is not yet an issue and there are also ' no acute problem ' at perfumed pepper glasshouse moorland . " The food supply is one of the crucial profession , so our stave can still take their children to school or daycare . That helps . We also split stave where possible and do not countenance everyone go into the greenhouse at the same time . The greenhouse is really tumid enough to play in isolation , but we have closed the smoking area and put a president between everyone during the prison-breaking . "

Staying and leavingThey also take similar measures at Genson Group . Management had consultations this morn and further tightened all protocol . " We then inform the employees in all language , " say Marie - Louise Raats . It is not yet mellow season in soft fruit , but it will be exciting in condition of stave in the penny-pinching future . " We have to waitress and see how many stave will be added . We have already heard from a number of staff that they do not make bold to derive from Poland because of the virus and vice versa , there are also Polish worker who would go back to Poland for a while , but who do not make bold to do so now for fear that they will have to be quarantine for two weeks . "

Spreading outGenson Group itself also has a lot of housing for its own stave . meter have also been charter there . We work with many different locations and can therefore propagate it out quite well . At the mo there are not yet a declamatory groups of citizenry together and also during the breaks we spread out the staff , while the office staff workers also have a separate time to break . "

A blessing in disguise in the greenhouse vegetable is currently that it is still the beginning of refinement , Daan notes . " The tomato are also still at the beginning of their cultivation and that actually applies to all crops . "

He himself still has enough staff uncommitted . " It is rightful that as soon as someone is sick , you could no longer commit that mortal to the grower . Especially since you also have to deal with sometimes older growers and they should not be put at jeopardy , just like everyone tells that needs to keep the garden running play . “Labour Task ForceIn the meantime , alabour labor forcehas been lay up by the sphere organization ' LTO Nederland ' to support cultivator where possible . This team is compile of specialist from the Social Economic Policy Team of LTO Nederland .

Peter Loef , Labour insurance Specialist of Greenhouse Horticulture Netherlands is a member of this team . M : +31 ( 0)6 512 643 22E:[email   protect ]

© FloralDaily.com/Thijmen Tiersma