Dutch farmers in government plans to reduce emissions have used tractors and trucks to block supermarket distribution centers.
Monday’s resolution is the latest action in a discontent in the country’s lucrative agricultural sector.
The Netherlands’ busiest aviation hub, Schiphol Airport, has suggested travellers use public transport to get to its terminals, fearing the lockdowns will also target airports.
Fishermen in solidarity with farmers have blockaded several ports.
The unrest among Dutch farmers was sparked through a government proposal to reduce emissions of pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and ammonia by 50% by 2030.
Provincial governments have had a year to expand the plans to the target.
It led to the relief of cattle and the acquisition of certain farms whose cattle produce large amounts of ammonia.
Farmers say they are unfair and care little about their future.
Police observed, but did not immediately respond, when about 25 tractors parked outside a distribution center of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain in the city of Zaandam, just north of Amsterdam.
Signs and banners on the tractors carried messages such as “our farmers, our future. “
The umbrella organization of supermarkets called on the police to act and warned of the imaginable shortage on supermarket shelves.
“Distribution centre blockades harm the citizens of the Netherlands. Supermarkets are doing their best to keep outlets stocked, but if the blockades continue, other people may not be able to do their shopping,” the Central Food Trade Office said. in a prayer.
The transit government warned motorists to prepare for delays and imaginable slow tractors on the country’s roads, but said there were few disturbances early Monday for commuters, perhaps because many other people opted to work from home rather than get stuck in traffic.
Over the weekend, the government appointed an intermediary to lead discussions between farmers’ organizations and upcoming pollutant relief measures.
However, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has negotiated with farmers guilty of the radical protests.
The main lobby agricultural organization LTO described the ombudsman, Johan Remkes, as “an administrative heavyweight with a deep knowledge” of the issues and said it was open to discussing with him.
According to LTO, there are around 54,000 agricultural companies in the Netherlands with exports totalling €94. 5 billion (£81. 3 billion) in 2019.