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 2011/2012.
Below you find all our research partners, which have contributed to the IFCN Dairy Reports 2011/2012.

- 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
Dorothee Boelling
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 de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente

- 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

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

- Belarus
Anatoli Takun, Svitlana Takun
Institute of System Research in Agro-industrial Complex, Minsk

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

- Iran
Farhad Mirzaei
Animal Science Research Institute of Iran, Karaj

- Iran
Massoumeh Nasrollahzadeh
IFCN Dairys Research Center Kiel, Germany

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

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

- Poland
Michal Switlyk, Ewa Koloszycz
West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Management, Szczecin

- Russian Federation
Evgeny Kuplyauskas
Russian Dairy Union, Moscow

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

- Turkey
Muhittin Özder
TURKISH MILK COUNCIL

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

- Algeria
Djellali Abderrazak
Horizons Agro-alimentaires Boufarik

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

- Egypt
Adel Khattab
Tanta University Faculty of Agriculture, Animal production department, Tanta

- Ethiopia
Zelalem Yilma
Heifer International, Addis Ababa

- Morocco
Btissam Kessab
Centrale Laitière, Casablanca

- Nigeria
Isa Annatte
Livestock and Fisheries Programme, NAERLS/ABU, PMB 106, Zaria

- South Africa
Koos Coetzee
Milk Producers' Organisation, Pretoria

- Tunesia
Dhiaeddine M'Hamed
Centrale Laitière du Cap-Bon Délice, Saliman

- 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
Dairy Farmers of Canada, Ottawa

- Chile
Mario E. Olivares
Cooprinsem, Osorno

- Colombia
Enrique Ortega
DMV U.N., CNLM,

- Mexico
Enrique Vazquez
Universidad Veracruzana

- Mexico
Rigoberto Becerra Pinedo
Establo Gibraltar, Durango

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

- USA
Chad Harris
Glanbia, Idaho

- USA
Ed Jesse
Babcock Institute, University of Wisconsin

- USA
William Schiek, Mike Francesconi, Annie AcMoody
Dairy Institute of California; California Department of Agriculture; Western United Dairymen

- USA
Bill Zweigbaum, Christopher Noble
Farm Credit East, Greenwich, NY, USA; Linwood Management Group, Linwood, NY

- Uruguay
Gabriel Bagnato
Instituto Nacional de la leche, Montevideo

- Bangladesh
Mohammad Mohi Uddin
IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel, Germany

- China
Sam Shi
Dairy Consultant, Beijing

- India
T.N. Datta, A.K. Saha, GG Shah
National Dairy Development Board, Anand

- India
Devi Prasad Rao
Arohana Dairy Private Limited, Vallam, Tamil Nadu

- Indonesia
Bambang Ali Nugroho
Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Univertity of Brawijaya (UB), Malang, East Java

- Pakistan
Haroon Lodhi, Waseem Shaukat
Solve Agri Pak (Private) Limited

- Australia
Jon Hauser
Xcheque Pty Ltd., Glen Alvie, Victoria

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

- 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

- China
Douming, Wennie Liu
Beijing Orient Dairy Consultants Ltd.

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

- Costa Rica
Francisco Jose Arias Cordero
Dos Pinos

- Croatia
Jasmina Havranek
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

- Ecuador
Rafael Vizcarra
Centro de la Industria Láctea, Quito

- Estonia
Katri Kall
Estonian University of Life Sciences

- Germany
Eva Schroeer-Merker
IFCN Dairy Research Center, Kiel

- Hungary
Daniel Mándi-Nagy
Research Institute for Agricultural Economics (AKI), Budapest

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

- India
Dr. A. K. Srivastava, Smita Sirohi
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal

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

- Iran
Hamid Monazami
Ganje Kavir. Co, Mashhad

- Japan
Kenji Namiki
Japan Dairy Council

- Kazakhstan
Galiya Akimbekova
Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Almaty

- Kenya
David Waititu Kimani
TechnoServe, Nairobi

- Korea
Lee Jung Min
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

- Mexico
Jaime Jurado Arredondo
Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua

- Mongolia
Amgalanbaatar Odonmajig, Tsetsgee-Ser-Od, Batchimeg Tumurjil
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and light industry of Mongolia; Mongolian Dairy Research Association, Ulaanbaatar

- 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.)

- Uganda
John Anglin
Paramount Dairies (2010) Ltd.

- Uganda
David Balikowa
TechnoServe Inc, Kampala

- Uzbekistan
Evelina Budjurova
University Giessen, Germany

- Vietnam
Vu Ngoc Quynh, Tieu Duc Viet
Vietnam Dairy Association,


