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Role of Societal Actors in Solving the Food Crisis A DAIRY PERSPECTIVE Richard Doyle Dairy Farmers of Canada and the International Dairy Federation
Role of Societal Actors in Solving the Food Crisis
A DAIRY PERSPECTIVE Richard Doyle
Dairy Farmers of Canada and the International Dairy Federation
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FEDERATION Our mission
To represent the dairy sector as a whole at international level, by providing the best global source of expertise and scientific knowledge in support of the development and promotion of quality milk and milk products, to offer consumers nutrition, health and well-being.
Scientific Excellence
Industry Applicability
Strategic Networking
Global Influence
IDF IN NUMBERS
1200 experts 79% of world milk
production 18 Standing Committees +
Task Forces & Action Teams
9 areas of work
SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE Animal Health &
Welfare
Dairy Science & Technology
Economics, Marketing &
Policies
Environment
Farm Management Food Standards
Hygiene & Safety
Methods of Analysis & Sampling
Nutrition & Health
GLOBAL COLLABORATION: AN EXAMPLE Global Agenda of Action (AoA) in support of sustainable livestock sector development – A Multi-Stakeholder Platform • An FAO-led initiative, IDF is a member of the Interim
Preparatory Committee (IPC) • The AoA is “consensual and built on broad based, voluntary
and informal stakeholder commitment to act towards the improvement of resource-use efficiency in the global livestock sector to support livelihoods, long-term food security and economic growth while safeguarding other environmental and public health outcomes”
GLOBAL COLLABORATION: AN EXAMPLE Global Agenda of Action Three areas of focus:
o bridging the efficiency gap o restoring value to grassland o reducing discharge
• Current activities: Preparing the launch of the AoA in January, 2013 in Kenya and proceed with the launch of 3 pilot projects to promote practice change
• More info: www.livestockdialogue.org
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) • DFC is the national policy, lobbying and promotional
organization representing Canada’s 12,746 dairy farms. DFC as supports research in: – dairy production (animal health and well-being,
production improvements, mitigation of environmental impacts, etc.)
– human nutrition and health related to the consumption of dairy products
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Sustainable development focus • Our vision for a sustainable dairy industry: Working
within the context of a strong supply management system, Canadian dairy farmers will strive to produce safe, nutritious food in an economically, socially & environmentally sustainable way to the benefit of Canadian society.
• This means: – Promoting more efficient resource use – Benchmarking our performance
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Life-cycle assessment
• Environmental and socio-economic components • Identify hotspots in performance • Identify cost-effective actions to mitigate impacts
and risks Increasing efficiency generally also increases
profitability
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How can an enterprise be managed effectively without reliable information on its performance?
Why Supply Management?
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Can we produce more food more efficiently?
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Production per cow: +125% # cows: - 58%
Thank-you!
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