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° 506/2020: The World Dairy Situation 2020...
Annual survey containing information on milk and dairy production, processing, companies, consumption, trade,....
Latest news & events
IDF releases bulletin on methods for determination...
In the dairy sector throughout the world, there is a desire to optimize udder health. Good udder health leads to improved animal welfare, improved....
IDF Cheese Symposium goes virtual for the first ti...
Every 4 years, The IDF Cheese Science and Technology Symposium is held and co-organised by FIL-IDF Canada and the Quebec STELA Dairy Research Centre....
School Milk Knowledge Hub shares info on importanc...
There is a long history of organizing school milk programs in every corner of the world, either as part of school meals programs or as stand-alone....
‘Dairycraft’ game makes learning about dairy f...
IDF member Dairy Farmers of Ontario develops Dairycraft, an educational version of popular game Minecraft, to teach young people about all things....
