> The Netherlands' agricultural minister Henk Staghouwer has been forced to resign following widespread protests from Dutch farmers over his radical climate agenda that seeks to destroy their livelihoods. > Staghouwer was leading the Dutch agriculture ministry's climate policy that involved confiscating farms in a forced government buy-out scheme. > In the wake of the huge protests from farmers, Staghouwer has now been forced to step down. > He told the Dutch cabinet that pushback from farmers had meant he would not be able to meet a September deadline for rolling out the government's radical green policy, the AP reported. > The climate agenda involves cutting nitrogen emissions from the nation's farming sector to the point where it made it impossible for farms to continue operating. > The initiative includes a $24.2 billion scheme to buy out local farmers and facilitate the transition away from intensive farming practices.