Research Partners

These dairy experts are the basis of the IFCN. They provide the knowledge from their country that lead to unique dairy economic research results.

Below you find all our research partners, which have contributed to the IFCN Dairy Reports 2010/2011.
Western Europe
Austria

Leopold Kirner

Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Vienna
Belgium

Erwin Wauters

Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Merelbeke
Denmark

Susanne Clausen

Knowledge Center for Agriculture, Aarhus,
Finland

Sami Ovaska, Jukka Tauriainen, Timo Sipiläinen, Matti Ryhänen

MTT Economic Research, Helsinki; University of Helsinki; Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
France

Jean-Luc Reuillon

Institut de l’Èlevage, Département Actions Régionales, Aubière
Germany

Martin Hagemann

IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel
Germany

Annett Rindfleisch, Ingo Heber

Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie, Dresden,
Ireland

Fiona Thorne

Rural Economy Research Centre, Teagasc, Dublin
Italy

Alberto Menghi

CRPA – Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali, Reggio Emilia
Luxembourg

Simone Adam

Ministère de l’Agriculture, Service d’Economie Rurale
The Netherlands

Michel de Haan

Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen-UR, Lelystad
Norway

Ola Flaten, Bjorn Gunnar Hansen

NILF – Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute; TINE, Norwegian Dairies, Oslo
Spain

Ernesto Reyes

TRAGSATEC – Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Medio Rural y Marino
Sweden

Agneta Hjellström

Swedish Dairy Association, Stockholm
Switzerland

Christian Gazzarin

Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station (ART), Agricultural Economics, Tänikon
United Kingdom

Karolina Klaskova

Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board, Market Intelligence, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East
Armenia

Vardan Urutyan

International Center for Agribusiness, Research and Education (ICARE), Yerevan
Belarus

Anatoli Takun, Mikhail Ramanovich,

Institute of System Research in Agroindustrial Complex, Minsk; FCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel, Germany
Czech Republic

Iveta Bošková

ÚZEI – Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Prague
Iran

Farhad Mirzaei

Animal Science Research Institute of Iran, Karaj
Israel

Liron Tamir

Israel Dairy Board, Rishon-Le´Zion
Jordan

Othman Alqaisi

IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel, Germany
Poland

Michal Switlyk, Agata Wójcik

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Management, Szczecin
Russian Federation

Evgeny Smirnov

Russian Dairy Union, Moscow
Serbia

Rade Popovic

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, Subotica
Ukraine

Olga Kozak

National Scientific Centre “Institute of Agrarian Economics”, Kyiv
Africa
Algeria

Djellali Abderrazak

Horizons Agro-alimentaires Boufarik
Cameroon

Asaah Ndambi, Henri Bayemi

IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel; Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Bambui
Egypt

Adel Khattab

Tanta University, Tanta
Morocco

Btissam Kessab

Centrale Laitière, Limited Company
Nigeria

Isa Annatte

Livestock and Fisheries Programme, NAERLS/ABU, Zaria
South Africa

Koos Coetzee

Milk Producers' Organisation, Pretoria
Tunesia

Dhiaeddine M'Hamed

Centrale Laitière du Cap-Bon Délice, Saliman
Uganda

David Balikowa

TechnoServe Inc, Kampala
North and South America
Argentina

Hugo Quattrochi

Unión Productores de Leche Cuenca Mar y Sierras
Brazil

Lorildo A. Stock

Embrapa Gado de Leite (Embrapa Dairy Cattle) Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
Brazil

Henrique Junquieira

Cooperativa Agropecuária Castrolanda, Castro, Paraná
Canada

Steve Couture, Kristin Benke

Dairy Farmers of Canada, Ottawa; Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Mississauga
Chile

Mario E. Olivares

Cooprinsem, Osorno
Mexico

Jaime Jurado Arredondo

Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Peru

Carlos A. Gomez

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima
Uruguay

Pablo Chilibroste

Bovinos de Leche – EEMAC, Paysandú
USA

Ed Jesse

Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin
USA

Bill Zweigbaum, Christopher Noble

Farm Credit East, Greenwich, NY, USA; Linwood Management Group, Linwood, NY
Asia
Bangladesh

Mohammad Mohi Uddin

IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel, Germany
China

Sam Shi

Dairy Consultant, Beijing
China

Yang Weimin Dinghuan Hu

CAAS, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Beijing
India

T.N. Datta, A.K. Saha, GG Shah

National Dairy Development Board, Anand
Indonesia

Istiqomah

Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman,Purwokerto Central Java
Pakistan

Saadia Hanif

AgriPrime Consulting Group, Lahore
Oceania
New Zealand

Nicola Shadbolt

College of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North
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Albania

Ilir Kapaj

Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany
Australia

Andrew Weinert

Department of Agriculture, Perth
Bolivia

Felix Menzel

Dairy Farmer, Mezza Sucre
Bulgaria

Zlatan D. Vassilev

Dairy Expert
Colombia

René A. Pérez R.

DMV U.N., CNLM
Croatia

Jasmina Havranek, Darija Bendelja

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Ecuador

Rafael Vizcarra

Centro de la Industria Láctea, Quito
Estonia

Katri Kall

Estonian University of Life Sciences
Ethiopia

Zelalem Yilma

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Addis Ababa
Hungary

Daniel Mándi-Nagy

Research Institute for Agricultural Economics (AKI), Budapest
Iceland

Baldur Helgi Benjaminsson

Association of Icelandic Dairy and Beef Cattle Farmers, Reykjavik
Iran

Massoumeh Nasrollah Zadeh

Food Industry Department of Ferdosi University
Japan

Kenji Namiki

Japan Dairy Council
Kazakhstan

Galiya Akimbekova

Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Almaty
Kenya

David Waititu Kimani

TechnoServe, Nairobi
Korea

Kim Wontae

Korea Rural Economic Institute, Seoul
Kyrgyzstan

Almasbek Chonov

Project DGRV (Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiff eisen Verband) in Kyrgyzstan „Development of rural co-operatives“
Latvia

Agnese Krievina

Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics, Riga
Lithuania

Deiva Mikelionyte

Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, Vilnius
Macedonia The Fmr Yug Rp

Blagica Sekovska

Veterinary Faculty, Institute for Food, Skopje
Malaysia

Zakaria Abd Rahman

Redagri Farm Sdn Bhd, Hulu Terengganu
Nepal

Romy Das

Agriculture Researcher
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.
Slovakia

Margita Stefanikova

Slovak Association of Milk Producers (SZPM), Nitra
Slovenia

Ben Moljk

Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana
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.)
Turkey

Cagla Yuksel Kaya-Kuyululu

Freelance Consultant, Ankarav
Uruguay

Jorge Alvarez

Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo
Uzbekistan

Evelina Budjurova

University Giessen, Germany
Vietnam

Vu Ngoc Quynh Tieu Duc Viet

Vietnam Dairy Association,
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85 Research Partners

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