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.
Western Europe
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
Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East
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
Africa
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
North and South America
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
Asia
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
Oceania
Australia

Andrew Weinert

Department of Agriculture, Perth, Western
New Zealand

Nicola Shadbolt

College of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North
Country-Page-Partners
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
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