IFCN Dairy

Status of the IFCN Dairy Network 2008

IFCN stands for International Farm Comparison Network and has the vision to develop a global research network which links farm economic researchers. The Dairy branch of the IFCN was founded in 1997 and is well established. Our mission is to create a better understanding of milk production world-wide.

IFCN Dairy Report 2008

Content
	Cost comparison of 134 typical farms
	Global monitoring on milk prices, feed prices, milk/feed ratio
	Time series analysis
	Detailed Dairy fact sheets for 78 countries
	Summary of 6 Studies on actual topics and Puplication
	of 17 posters from the IFCN Dairy Conference 2008

Click here to download an extract (18 pages) PDF, 2,6 MB

Ordering the Dairy Report 2008
As we believe in win-win based co-operations the report is available via partnership with the IFCN. Please contact us for details. info@ifcndairy.org

IFCN Dairy Report 2008 – official public release

This 3 pages public release present the key findings of the IFCN Dairy Report work in 2008. Click here to download the public release (3 pages) PDF, 0,358 MB

The old Dairy Reports	Results of IFCN Studies
> Dairy Report 2000	> Farm comparisons and analysis (additional to Dairy Report)
> Dairy Report 2001	> Policy and farm stategy analysis – Baseline projections
> Dairy Report 2002	> Dairy chain and dairy sector analysis
> Dairy Report 2003	> IFCN method developments
> Dairy Report 2004	> (R)evolution in Dairy Farming
> Dairy Report 2005	> IFCN papers for FAO– India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand,
> Dairy Report 2006	> Vietnam, Peru, Uganda
> Dairy Report 2007

Contact

IFCN Dairy Research Center, Schauenburgerstr. 116, 24118 Kiel, Germany,
email: info@ifcndairy.org, phone: +49 (0) 431-5606-250, fax: +49 (0) 431-5606-262

Partners of the IFCN Dairy Network 2008

1. Research Organisations: 78 institutions from 72 countries

2. Institutional Partners


University Kiel	International Dairy Federation	FAO - Pro Poor Livestock Policy Initiative	International Federation of Agricultural Producers	Young Professionals‘ Platform for Agricultural Research for Development

3. Main Supporting Partners (one company per branch)


Milking equipment	Milk processing	Animal health	Packaging

Other branches forseen (feed, forage machinery, finance, genetics, packaging, retailing, food service)

4. IFCN Supporters

Other companies in discussion

People in the IFCN Dairy Research Center, Germany

Lola Izquierdo

Othman Alqaisi

M. Hagemann

Weerth Baack

H. Bendfeld

Anika Slabon

Copyright: IFCN Dairy Research Center 2008: All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or distributed by any means without the prior written permission of the IFCN Dairy Research Center.

Disclaimer: Neither IFCN Dairy Research Center or other legal entities in the IFCN network accept any liability whatsoever for any direct or consequential loss howsoever arising from any of the IFCN material or its contents or otherwise arising in connection herewith.