Public-private cooperation Sustainable Dairy Chain
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The objectives of the Sustainable Dairy Chain are feasible, provided that dairy farmers have the means to actually achieve them. This calls for a business model.
This can be higher proceeds and/or lower costs and/or more room to develop. Here think, for instance, of rewarding for biodiversity through the Biodiversiteitsmonitor [Biodiversity Monitor] by several parties. Extended longevity of the cows and less loss of minerals to soil or air can bring the farmer savings. Room to develop can, for example, be actualised by longer lease agreements in case of a good sustainability performance.
In this chain partners, stakeholders and governments have the responsibility to actively make a contribution to business models.
The Sustainable Dairy Chain stands for making the entire dairy farming sector more sustainable. Therefore the business models must be suitable for large groups of dairy farmers and not be restricted to dairy farms serving the niche markets.
Working safely to reduce accidentsA safe working environment is important for properly doing the work. This certainly also holds for dairy farmers, their family members, employees and visitors. The Sustainable Dairy Chain aims at raising the awareness of dairy farmers with respect to safety at the farm, making sure that they will actively put this into practice. With this parties from the agricultural and green sectors want to substantially reduce the number of accidents. The success of the project will be measured by the number of attended meetings, the number of conducted risk inventories and the number of courses for prevention officer / emergency response / legislation for agricultural vehicles and, eventually, a downward trend for accidents (from a long-term perspective). |
The dairy sector wants to be and remain a land-related sector. This is important for the dairy farming sector, the living environment and society. A land-related dairy farm has sufficient land and makes optimum use of the manure, making sure that the grass and other feed crops for the cattle can grow. In this way the cycle is closed.
In order to achieve this, the Sustainable Dairy Chain starts from the report Grondgebondenheid als basis voor een toekomstbestendige melkveehouderij [Land-relatedness as a basis for future-proof dairy farming], which the independent Commission for Land-relatedness in Dairy Farming published at the request op LTO Nederland and the NZO in 2018.
Support from society
The vision on land-related dairy farming is the way for the sector to remain future-proof with support from society. Growing grass and feed crops and making optimum use of manure for this at the own farm and nearby, if possible in cooperation with other sectors, e.g. the agricultural sector, make a contribution to closing the cycle, cutting down emissions and caring for the soil. Therefore land-relatedness is a precondition for achieving other sustainability objectives and corresponds with the cycle vision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
Implementation of the advice of Grondgebondenheid als basis voor een toekomstbestendige melkveehouderij [Land-relatedness as a basis for future-proof dairy farming] is a way of working towards the anchoring of land-relatedness. By following a still to be drawn up action plan, the advice will be integrally implemented together with the partners required for this implementation as mentioned in the advice.
Four building blocks of land-relatedness
A video explaining land-related dairy farming (in Dutch)