Work package 6

Socio-economic evaluation of novel strategies in organic and low-input dairy farming

WP leader: Ludwig Lauwers, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Flanders, Belgium. Email: ludwig.lauwers@ilvo.vlaanderen.be

Read the summary of deliverable 6.1.:Economic analysis of EU dairy systems summary deliverable 6.1 SOLID

Objectives of work package 6

This work package aims to evaluate the competitiveness of existing dairy farms and novel strategies taking actual farm and market conditions and regional resource constraints into account.

  • To develop a methodology for classifying low input dairy farms and to provide baseline data to identify the direct and indirect factors that have led to the profitability of high performing organic, low input and conventional dairy farms
  • Utilise an Integrated Assessment (IA) tool for the rapid assessment of competitive sustainability of organic and low input dairy farms through WP1 and as a tool for the development and assessment of novel strategies
  • Assess the effect of novel strategies on EU dairy typical farm types through farm scale and sector scale modelling of proposed novel strategies
  • To determine the policy implications of more widespread adoption of novel strategies developed within the SOLID project in contrast to further intensification of milk production within the EU.