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European Dairy Association
EDA is the association of the European dairy industry working on their common interests towards stakeholders such as the EU institutions (the Commission, Parliament, Council of Ministers, Economic and Social Committee…) and the international bodies (the Codex Alimentarius, the World Trade Organization...).
EDA is the platform for the European dairy industry to work together on main items like policy developments on nutrition and health, on food safety, on sustainability and on market management as part of the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
NEWS: The Dairy Supply Chain Revisited - 3rd February 2010
A seminar on perspectives of market mechanisms in the dairy supply chain was held on Wednesday 3rd February 2010 from 13:30 to 17:30. The event has gathered EU officials, member states representatives, stakeholders. The full programme and presentations are available here.
EDA EU policy conference on Climate Change
On 29 October 2009 EDA has organised the EU Policy Conference on Climate Change to discuss with the EU stakeholders in Brussels the various initiatives of the EU Dairy Industry in relation to climate change.
In preparation to the upcoming UNFCCC conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December 2009, the global dairy industry has taken the initiative to develop a global action plan for dairy on climate change. This agenda for action is together with a green paper describing 260 projects on GHG emission reductions out of 40 countries published at www.dairy-sustainability-initiative.org
For the collection of presentations given at the EDA Conference of 29 October 2009, look under publications/other publications at this website http://www.euromilk.org/eda/publications2.aspx?cid=22
Global Dairy Sustainability Initiative
EDA is the one of the signatories of the Agenda for Climate Change, presented during the World Dairy Summit in September 2009 in Berlin. For all information on the Global Dairy Sustainability Initiative go to www.dairy-sustainability-initiative.org
Report on price volatility in the EU dairy industry commissioned by EDA now available
The report on price volatility by Michael Keane and Declan O’Connor “Price Volatility in the EU dairy Industry: Causes, Consequences, Coping Mechanisms.” commissioned by EDA was presented on Friday 9th October in the EDA World Dairy Forum.
The study looks at the range and frequency of price oscillations in EU and World dairy markets and provides an analysis of the causes and consequences of price volatility. Options at processor and farm level to deal with or reduce price volatility are also studied, along with public policy instruments and lessons that can be drawn from other sectors. The study is a step in the reflection on price volatility in the European dairy industry; it will be a starting point for further discussion within EDA.
EDA Annual Congress 2009, Bratislava
The EDA Annual Congress has taken place in October in Bratislava. All the presentations of the WDF in Bratislava are available at the following address:
http://www.eda09.com/?lg=1&s=4 EDA/DDB Saturated Fat Conference, Copenhagen
At the International Saturated Fat Conference organized by EDA and DDB on 25 September 2009 in Copenhagen, internationally renowned scientists gathered to present the latest scientific findings on the health impact of the intake of milk fat. The main conclusion was that there is no conclusive evidence with regards to the negative health effects of saturated fatty acids from milk fat but that recent science rather indicates neutral or even positive effects of some saturated fatty acids. The scientists stated that there is no reason for considering saturated fatty acids as a single group anymore, and that more research is needed in order to make well-founded policy recommendations with regards to the intake of saturated fatty acids. In this framework, the scientists agreed that one needs to be very careful when proposing a tax on saturated fat as it is the case in Denmark right now.
All presentations from the conference are available here:
http://www.sfc2009.com/uk/
EDA has prepared a nutrition fact sheet on milk fat which can be downloaded here:
http://www.euromilk.org/eda/publications8.aspx?cid=3606
"A Sustainable Dairy Sector
Global, regional and life cycle facts and figures on greenhouse-gas emmissions"
CE Delft concludes in this report that dairy livestock emissions contribute 1.2% to the total global greenhouse-gas emissions. In the last 20 years the on-farm methane emissions in the Annex - I countries decreased with 20-30%. The cradle-to-farmgate emissions of milk contribute 3% to the total global climate emissions; post-farm emissions add 10-20% to the cradle-to-farmgate emissions.
Besides the global situation, also regional difference and the emission per kg milk produced are considered in this study.
This report has been presented at the EDA World Dairy Forum 2008 in Porto and is available on this website under publications/other publications.
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