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President of IDF
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Dr Judith Bryans
r. Judith Bryans, chief executive of Dairy UK and former director of the UK’s Dairy Council, has been elected as President of the International Dairy Federation, the global body for the dairy sector.
“To know that the membership has the confidence and trust in me to have voted for me is absolutely fantastic. I’m honoured to have been given this position to help the organisation move forward and make it even stronger, “she says. Bryans is the first female president in its history she emphasizes. IDF’s role as being one strong global voice that can create consensus within the dairy sector. She succeeds Fonterra’s Jeremy Hill in the post. Bryans has a PhD in Nutrition and quickly became chief executive of the UK’s Dairy Council. "During my time at the Dairy Council I spent a lot of time realizing that when you talk about the world these days, it’s all connected. When I started in nutrition, it was all about making
sure people got enough food to eat, to meet their needs. Then it broadened, if we’re talking about sustainability and sustainable diets and the environment you must think about the economic impact. It not only affects livelihood, but it also affects trade.” Later Bryans took over as chief executive of Dairy UK, which is a trade association representing processers and farmers in the UK. Bryans notes of IDF, “It has been really important in making sure that the role of the dairy sector is not lost amongst the sea of voices from other sectors. And fighting for the fact that animal based products really do play a role in people’s livelihoods, in nutrition and in sustainability.” “My goal in the coming years, or say my priority, is to ensure that we deliver against the strategy that we’ve put in place. Further more, we have to make sure the message gets out in a clearer fashion, to improve our communication and to extend our membership.”
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Dairy a potential ally in Asian nutrition challenges: UN
A Tribute to Late Dr. N. R. Bhasin, President, IDA
he U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report even as Asia makes clear strides in taming hunger and famine, the rapidly modernizing continent needs to focus more on diversifying its diet or risk failing to quell malnutrition, with milk having the potential to help. FAO’s Assistant Director General Kundhavi Kadiresan said “We still have nearly half a billionhungry people in this region, this report is an eyeopener.” Millions of people move from the countryside to big cities, diets are changing to more Westernized versions incorporating more fruits, vegetables and meats. Calories from starches declined by 50 per person a day while ones from fruits, vegetables, and meat increased by over 300 per person a day. But despite this improvement, the changing diets aren’t all good news. Like citizens in the West, people in Asia are exercising less and chowing down heavily processed foods filled with sugar and fat instead of traditional ones like chickpeas. This means many still aren’t getting enough nutrients like zinc, iron, or vitamin A. Obesity levels are skyrocketing, rising more than 4 per cent a year, the report said. A professor at the University of Western Australia, Kadambot Siddique said “It has filled the belly, but
r. Bhasin passing away, the Indian dairy fraternity has lost a committed leader, knowledgeable professional and an astute administrator. His Late Dr. N. R. Bhasin passing is a big loss to the Indian dairy industry. We will miss him and his wise counsel. We extend heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family. May his soul rest in heavenly peace!
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it is creating a lot of problems.” Food policy adviser to India’s government Biraj Patnaik said, “We must make this distinction between hunger and malnutrition, India is in the process of eliminating hunger, but has only reduced undernutrition by 1 per cent in the past decade". Small producers produce nearly 80 per cent of the milk in Asia, so booming milk sales benefit everyone, Thus the report says, the dairy industry is a potential engine of poverty-alleviating growth, so long as things remain egalitarian. “Policymakers need to ensure that the region’s smallholder dairy farmers, the largest segment of dairy producers, can have fair access to, and compete in, the marketplace,” Kadiresan said.
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