Project: Dairy Innovation for Mediterranean SME
| Acronym | DAINME-SME |
| Duration | 01/12/2019 - 31/12/2021 |
| Project Topic | Dairy market on Mediterranean countries is substantially different from on east/north European countries. At the Mediterranean area, cow’s milk is mainly transformed to UHT milk and yogurts, and the other dairy production (principally ewe, but also goat and buffalo’s milk), is processed and transformed into cheeses (Manchego, Pecorino, Beyaz Peynir, Mozzarella, Feta). The milk production is scattered, with smaller dairies than in east/north European countries. Moreover, some territories are marine islands, which increase the transport difficulties for milk and whey. Smaller dairies and fragmented milk production results in smaller and less automatized factories, and in a minor whey valorisation, which is destined mainly to feed, or even discharged to rivers. With these circumstances, dairies have a low competitive behaviour, and they are unable to pay appropriately to dairy farmers. |
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| Network | PRIMA |
| Call | Section 1 Call 2018 - Agro-Food Value Chain |