Helping to nourish the world with safe and sustainable dairy.
ensures the best scientific expertise is used to support high quality milk and
nutritious, safe and sustainable dairy products.
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Dairy & sustainable development goals
The dairy sector is an essential contributor to the UN sustainable development goals.
While the sector has obvious impacts on ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving the nutritional value of diets in a sustainable manner, the sector also has an important part to play in the achievement of many of the other sustainability goals identified.
For more information on the dairy sector’s commitment to the sustainable development goals, including case studies and other information, visit the website of the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam.
IDF Membership
IDF’s membership is made up of National Committees, constituted by dairy organizations in each country and representing as fully as possible the various dairying activities of the country (such as milk production, manufacture, distribution, technology, science, human nutrition, marketing, economics, education and administration).
It is estimated that 12-14% of the world population live on dairy farms or within dairy farming households
More than 6 billion people worldwide consume milk and milk products
At least 160 million children around the world currently receive and benefit from receiving milk at school
World milk production is expected to grow 1.7% p.a. reaching approximately 981 Mt by 2028
Milk and dairy foods are important sources of several nutrients that contribute to health and a well-balanced diet.
The dairy sector benefits from IDF/ISO’s unique collaboration to provide standards for methods of analysis and sampling
Featured publications
IDF provides a permanent source of authoritative scientific and other information on a whole range of topics relevant to the dairy sector.
Issue 6: IDF Dairy Sustainability Outlook - COP27
This 6th edition presents 10 different articles for sustainable development in this climate crisis.
Bulletin of the IDF N°520/2022: The IDF global Carbon Footprint standard for th...
The purpose of this bulletin is to assist the dairy sector in its efforts to reduce GHG emissions across all i....
IDF Annual Report 2021-2022
Our Annual Report 2020-2021 provides an overall picture of the activities and achievements of IDF over the las....
Bulletin of the IDF N°518/2022: The World Dairy Situation Report 2022...
Annual survey containing information on milk and dairy production, processing, companies, consumption, trade,....
Latest news & events
Dairy’s commitments to Climate Action and the me...
The global dairy sector works every day to nourish the world population with safe and nutritious foods and strives to do so in a sustainable manner.....
Joint IDF / GDP Closing Statement UN COP27 Novembe...
The United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27) offered an opportunity to show the world that Dairy is part of the solution to....
Sustainable animal foods are necessary to the worl...
Despite the consensus on the substantial role of animal food such as dairy in healthy diets and sustainable food systems. Despite the strong....
IDF will actively participate in COP27
Brussels, November 7, 2022. The International Dairy Federation (IDF) will actively participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate....
