Extension Services for Quality Milk Production
Proceedings of an International Workshop in conjunction with the East-West-Forum
of the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
and the "Window of German Animal Breeding" at the International Green Week
24-25 January, 1999

ICC, Berlin, Germany
K.J. Peters & T. Vares
(Editors)
Humboldt University Berlin
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Berlin 1999

FOREWORD

Session I Chair: F. Habe, Slovenia
MILK QUALITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – TRENDS AND REASONS
D. Goeman
THE PROCESSORS’ WIEW ON MILK QUALITY
A. Birker
APPROACHES IN PRODUCER EXTENSION TO IMPROVE MILK QUALITY
L. Döring

Session II Chair: T. Vares, FAO
REPORT OF SESSION ii
Status of efforts in dairy extension for milk quality
C. Kijora
CEE Country Cases
Traditional small scale dairying (Poland, Slovenia, Croatia,Bosnia and Herzegovina)
QUALITY OF MILK IN POLAND
W. Bros and D. Krencik
EXTENSION SERVICE AND QUALITY OF MILK IN SLOVENIA
M. Klopcic and F. Habe
EXTENSION SERVICES FOR QUALITY MILK PRODUCTION IN CROATIA
P. Caput
ESTABLISHMENT OF EXTENSION SERVICES FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
S. Muratovic, H. Bogucanin and V. Selak
New small scale dairying (Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania)
RAW MILK QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS, FROM FARMER TO CONSUMER IN ROMANIA
C. Peteu
Large scale dairying (Hungary, Slovakia)
THE MILK RECORDING IN THE SERVICE OF HERD IMPROVEMENT, QUALITY MILK PRODUCTION AND HERD MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY
G. Lejtényi and Gy. Mészáros
THE STATUS OF EFFORTS IN DAIRY EXTENSION FOR BETTER MILK QUALITY IN SLOVAKIA
L. Dobrovic
CIS Country cases: Large scale dairying (Russia, Ukraine, Belorus)
REPORT FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Y. Ivanov
CATTLE IN BELORUS
I.P. Sheyko

Session III Chair: K. Peters, GERMANY
SUMMARY OF REPORTS OF session iii.
G. Seeland
ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS IN EXTENSION SERVICE FOR QUALITY MILK PRODUCTION IN ESTONIA
T. Murulo, K. Jalak and T. Vares
ACTIVITY OF THE SERVICE OF DAIRY QUALITY IN LATVIA; PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
M. Cimermanis
DAIRY INDUSTRY, MILK QUALITY AND PRICING IN CZECH REPUBLIC
J. Drbohlav
CONSULTATION IN FEEDING AND RATION CALCULATING
M. Hoffmann