Dairy Development in emerging economies: A motor for sustainable and healthy growth?

Key Points:

• Jan van der Lee stated that dairy development contributes to healthy food, gainful employment, and sustainable agro-ecology.
• The Netherlands Food Partnership seeks to support transformative approaches for sustainable food systems and healthy diets.
• Key discussions focused on:
  • Nutritious dairy: Addressing the triple burden of malnutrition and ensuring responsible dairy products.
  • Keeping milk safe: Exploring ways to improve milk quality and implement quality control systems.
  • Sustainable intensification: Identifying interventions to intensify the dairy food system while ensuring long-term social and environmental sustainability.
  • Input service business models: Examining business-wise approaches to providing farmers with the right inputs, services, and conditions.
  • Getting the policies right: Discuss strategies to influence and interact with national governments for successful dairy transformation.
• Key takeaways from each session were shared, and a panel reacted to investment priorities.
• The workshop concluded with a call for continued collaboration and action to make a real difference in the dairy sector of emerging economies.

Organizers:

• AgriProFocus
• F&BKP
• NEADAP
• LIQUID
• Wageningen UR

Next Steps:

• Establish a Netherlands Dairy Platform within the NFP to continue collaboration and support dairy development in emerging economies.

Additional Resources:

• Dairy, the motor for healthy growth
• Workshop report of November 2019: “Dairy Development in emerging economies: A motor for sustainable and healthy growth? Report of the Dutch dairy event“
• Dairy for nutrition, employment and sustainability Position Paper