This paper provides an overview of health benefits of consumption of milk which are not easily explained by traditional nutritional knowledge.

Lactose is a unique disaccharide, which occurs exclusively in the milk of mammals. It has wide applications as a food ingredient and in pharmaceutical preparations. Discouragement of milk consumption, because of the existence of lactase deficiency in the majority of the world population, is unjustified, …

The 5th International Whey Conference, organized jointly by the European Whey Products Association (EWPA) and the American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI), was held in Paris September last. The conference focused on market developments and novel developments in the fields of process technology, food …

Small scale producers face many opportunities and also huge challenges in today’s markets. Market liberalization since the 1980s has cut back the support services provided by the state and forced producer to face the risks of often weak and volatile markets. Further more those who are able to access …

Several measures are used to assess the performance of the marketing system. The measures include quantity of milk, price, source of credit, access to commercial feeds and access to breeding services. The study also considers the role of infrastructure component in enhancing the marketing system. Data …

The last decades, the number of dairy cows per farm has increased and the time spent on individual cows by the farmer has been reduced. To help the farmer detect changes in activity of cows associated with health issues, activity monitoring systems are being developed. The systems can help with daily …

In deze publicatie geven de vier schrijvers verschillende oplossingsrichtingen om die transitie naar een nieuw, duurzaam landbouwsysteem vorm te geven. Met een andere relatie tussen voedselproductie en natuur en milieu. Het is de - noodzakelijke - basis voor een goed landbouwakkoord. En de manier om …