Research Partners
Current 78 research institutions from 72 countries are partner of the IFCN Dairy Research Network. They are the basis for excellent dairy economic research results and direct information about the dairy situation in each country.

- Iceland
Baldur Helgi Benjaminsson
Association of Icelandic Dairy and Beef Cattle Farmers, Reykjavik

- Norway
Ola Flaten, Bjorn Gunnar Hansen
NILF – Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute; TINE, Norwegian Dairies, Oslo

- Switzerland
Christian Gazzarin
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station (ART), Agricultural Economics, Tänikon

- Finland
Sami Ovaska, Timo Sipiläinen, Matti Ryhänen
Agrifood Research Finland, MTT Economic Research, Helsinki, Seinäjoki Univ of Appl Sciences, School of Agric Forestry, Ilmajoki

- Austria
Leopold Kirner
Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics,Vienna

- Germany
Martin Hagemann
IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel

- The Netherlands
Michel de Haan
Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen-UR, Lelystad

- Luxembourg
Simone Adam
Ministère de l’Agriculture, Service d’Economie Rurale

- France
Jean-Luc Reuillon
Institut de l’Èlevage, Département Actions Régionales, Aubière

- Spain
Ernesto Reyes
Animal Health and Livestock Services, TRAGSEGA, Madrid

- Italy
Alberto Menghi
CRPA – Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali, Reggio, Emilia

- United Kingdom
Kay Carson
DairyCo, Cirencester, England

- Ireland
Fiona Thorne
Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc, Dublin

- Denmark
Michael Friis Pedersen
Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, National Centre, Aarhus

- Sweden
Agneta Hjellström
Swedish Dairy Association, Stockholm

- Poland
Michal Switlyk, Agata Wójcik
West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

- Czech Republic
Iveta Bosková
ÚZEI – Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Prague

- Bulgaria
Zlatan D. Vassilev
PhD student University Hohenheim, Germany

- Serbia
Rade Popovic
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, Subotica

- Ukraine
Olga Kozak
National Scientifi c Centre “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, Kyiv

- Belarus
Mikhail Ramanovich, Aliaksandr Gorbatovski, Anatoli Takun
IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel, Germany, Inst System Res in Agroindustrial Complex of Nat Ac of Sciences, Minsk

- Belarus
Anatoli Takun
Institute of System Research in Agroindustrial Complex of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

- Russian Federation
Evgeny Smirnov
Russian Dairy Union, Moscow

- Kazakhstan
Galiya Akimbekova
Scientifi c Research Institute of Agricultural Economics,Almaty

- Turkey
Cagla Yuksel Kaya-Kuyululu
Cattle Breeders‘ Association of Turkey, Ankara,

- Israel
Liron Tamir
Israel Dairy Board, Rishon-Le´Zion

- Jordan
Othman Alqaisi
IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel, Germany

- Egypt
Adel Khattab
Tanta University, Tanta

- Uganda
David Balikowa
TechnoServe Inc, Kampala

- Cameroon
Asaah Ndambi, Henri Bayemi
IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel; Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Bambui

- South Africa
Koos Coetzee
Milk Producers‘ Organisation, Pretoria

- Canada
Richard Sanchez
Dairy Farmers of Canada, Ottawa

- USA
Ed Jesse, Mike Brown
Babcock Inst Intern Dairy Res and Development, Univ Wisconsin-Madison;Glanbia Foods Inc. Idaho

- USA
Christopher Noble. Bill Zweigbaum
Linwood Management Group, New York; First Pioneer Farm Credit, Greenwich

- Mexico
Jaime Jurado Arredondo
Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua

- Brazil
Henrique Junquieira
Cooperativa Agropecuária Castrolanda, Castro, Paraná

- Argentina
Hugo Quattrochi
Unión Productores de Leche Cuenca Mar y Sierras

- Paraguay
Fernando Ferreira
University of Applied Science of Weihenstephan, Germany

- Chile
Mario E. Olivares
Cooprinsem, Osorno

- Brazil
Lorildo A. Stock
Embrapa Gado de Leite (Embrapa Dairy Cattle)

- Peru
Carlos A. Gomez
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima

- India
CL Dadhich, T.N. Datta, A.K. Saha
National Dairy Development Board, Anand

- Pakistan
Saadia Hanif
ASLP Dairy Improvement Project, Livestock and Dairy Development Board, Lahore

- Bangladesh
A. R. Khan
Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh

- Indonesia
Istiqomah
Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman,Purwokerto Central Java

- China
Yang Weimin
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

- Bangladesh
Mohammad Mohi Uddin
Humboldt-University, Berlin

- Vietnam
Tieu Duc Viet
Dairy Vietnam, Ha-Noi

- Australia
Andrew Weinert
Department of Agriculture, Perth, Western

- New Zealand
Nicola Shadbolt
College of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North

- Afghanistan
Lutfullah Rlung
FAO Management Unit, Vet, Research / Diagnostis Institute, Kabul

- Afghanistan
Tek B. Thapa
FAO Senior Dairy Advisor, Darulaman Management Unit, Kabul

- Albania
Ilir Kapaj
Agriculture University of Tirana,Tirana

- Armenia
Vardan Urutyan
International Center for Agribusiness, Research and Education (ICARE), Yerevan

- Bolivia
Felix Menzel
Dairy Farmer, Mezza Sucre

- Colombia
René A. Pérez R.
DMV U.N., CNLM

- Ecuador
Rafael Vizcarra
Centro de la Industria Láctea, Quito

- Ethiopia
Zelalem Yilma
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR),Addis Ababa

- Iran
Farhad Mirzaei
Ph. D Scholar at N.D.R.I /Deemed University, India

- Iran
Massoumeh Nasrollah Zadeh
Food Industry Department of Ferdosi University

- Japan
Nobuhiro Suzuki
The University of Tokyo

- Korea
Kim Wontae
Korea Rural Economic Institute, Seoul

- Latvia
Agnese K rievina
Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics, Riga

- Lithuania
Deiva Mikelionyte
Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, Vilnius

- Macedonia
Blagica Sekovska
Veterinary Faculty, Institute for Food, Skopje

- Malaysia
Zakaria Abd Rahman
Redagri Farm Sdn Bhd, Hulu Terengganu

- Nigeria
Isa Annatte
Livestock and Fisheries Programme, NAERLS/ABU, Zaria

- Nigeria
Aminu Shittu
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto

- Philippines
Naomi K. Torreta
National Dairy Authority, Quezon City

- Portugal
António Moitinho Rodrigues
School of Agriculture - Polytechic Institute of Castelo, Branco

- Romania
Michel Noordman
Dairy Farmer, S.C. Boes Lapte S.R.L.

- Slovenia
Ben Moljk
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana

- Slovakia
Margita Stefanikova
Slovak Association of Milk Producers (SZPM), Nitra

- Sri Lanka
Hemali Kothalawala
Department of Animal Production and Health,Peradeniya

- ROC
Xenia Hsiao
Forefront Enterprise Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan

- Thailand
Adul Vangtal
Thai Holstein Friesian Association (T.H.A.)

- Uruguay
Jorge Alvarez
Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo

- Uzbekistan
Evelina Budjurova
University Giessen, Germany


