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 510/2021: Inventory, evaluation and perspectives on methods ...
Somatic cell count (SCC) represents the total number of somatic cells in milk and is used as an indicator for....
Bulletin of the IDF 509/2021: Lactose, an important nutrient: Advocating a revis...
This Bulletin summarizes the scientific evidence on the nutritional and health properties of lactose as natura....
Bulletin of the IDF N° 507/2020: The Codex General Standard for the Use of Dair...
This issue of the Bulletin of IDF provides information on the nature, intent and possible implications of the....
Bulletin of the IDF N° 506/2020: The World Dairy Situation 2020...
Annual survey containing information on milk and dairy production, processing, companies, consumption, trade,....
Latest news & events
World Milk Day 2021 focuses on dairy sustainabilit...
On World Milk Day 2021, the dairy sector shares the important steps being taken around the world to improve dairy sustainability and reduce dairy's....
Nutrition symposium confirms important role of dai...
IDF Symposium reviewing the latest science on the contribution of dairy in diets gathers several hundred health professionals from around the....
A dynamic new look for the IDF website
A first glimpse at IDF’s new responsive, intuitive, and secure combined public website and e-shop! The fresh new website has been carefully....
New bulletin advocates a revised approach to lacto...
Responding to a lack of evidence-based information about the important role of lactose as part of a healthy diet, IDF releases Bulletin 509/2021:....
