Status and Prospects for Smallholder Milk Production A Global Perspective 10.Jun.2010
- Dairy for the daily live
Together with the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) the IFCN Dairy Research Center in Kiel published a 200 page book about a holistic picture on the trends and drivers in the dairy sector as well as the implications these may have for the future of dairy farming in particular among the smaller-scale, rural producers.
Across these countries analysed, small-scale milk producers have a very competitive production costs and thus, if organized, have the potential to compete with large-scale, capital-intensive 'high-tech' dairy farming systems in developed and developing countries. Dairy sector development can therefore be a potent tool for poverty reduction, because nearly 150 million farm households throughout the world are engaged in milk production.
You can download this dairy book here or find some more information under the following link :
www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1522e/i1522e00.pdf
