BSc Agricultural Economics, University of Debrecen, Hungary (2004) MSc Agricultural Economics, University of Debrecen, Hungary (2007) MSc Business Economics, Wageningen University (2007)
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr. Johan van Arendonk, Prof. Dr. Alfons Oude Lansink Dr. Miranda Meuwissen, Prof. Dr. Anders Ringgaard Kristensen (Copenhagen University)
CoOperators:
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Financer:
Wageningen University, Dutch Dairy Association NZO, cooperative cattle improvement organization CRV, Dutch Technology Foundation STW, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel
Start date:
01 May 2007
End date:
01 May 2011
Introduction:
The participants of the dairy industry in the Netherlands strive to exploit the opportunities residing in alteration of characteristics of milk as a raw material for specific purposes. By amending the composition, milk having better manufacturing properties or specialized health-promoting benefits can be obtained. Although the literature gives many examples on changing milk characteristics by the considered methods, the implementation of them raises a number of economic questions. Therefore, the overall objective of this study is to analyze the economics of implementation of different scenarios to change the milk in the pre-processing phase of the Dutch dairy production chain.
Results:
Articles:
Demeter et al. (2009) Scenarios for a future dairy chain in the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science 56 (4). - p. 301 - 323.
Demeter et al. (2009) Effects of milk fat composition, DGAT1, and SCD1 on fertility traits in Dutch Holstein cattle. Journal of Dairy Science 92 (11). - p. 5720 - 5729.
