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.
Bulletin of the IDF N° 515/2022: Guidelines for defining quarter and udder heal...
Given ongoing technological developments in the areas of microbiological diagnosis, detection of inflammatory....
Bulletin of the IDF N° 514/2022: Inventory of microbial food cultures with safe...
Since 2002, the International Dairy Federation (IDF), in collaboration with the European Food and Feed Culture....
Bulletin of the IDF N° 513/2021: Identification of Probiotics at the strain lev...
Probiotics are specific microbial strains that have a beneficial effect on the health of the host and are defi....
Bulletin of the IDF N° 512/2021: The World Dairy Situation 2021...
Annual survey containing information on milk and dairy production, processing, companies, consumption, trade,....
Latest news & events
India to host IDF World Dairy Summit 2022
NEW DELHI, MAY 18, 2022: International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Summit 2022, the most coveted event of the dairy sector, will be organised....
Dairy nutrients support health throughout life
Today, IDF organised its annual Nutrition and Health Symposium, focusing on the role dairy plays across the life stages. Over 200 nutrition and....
IDF announces the launch of the “IDF Professor P...
IDF is pleased to announce the establishment of the new “IDF Professor Pavel Jelen Early Career Scientist Prize” for “early-career”....
IDF publishes new Bulletin on Heat Treatment of Mi...
Brussels, 28 April. Today, IDF has released Bulletin No.516 on Heat Treatments of Milk, which looks at the processing of milk, which is the oldest....
