Project: Climate-smart Dairy: Assessing Challenges, Innovations, and Solutions
| Acronym | SmartDairy (Reference Number: 50) |
| Duration | 01/04/2022 - 31/03/2025 |
| Project Topic | Food systems are responsible for one third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Dairy production is a significant contributor to those emissions. Given that global demand for dairy is projected to increase, there is an urgent need to reduce emissions from this sector. Using a multi-actor, multi-disciplinary approach across four European countries, SmartDairy will assess challenges, explore innovations, and create new solutions to achieve a climate-smart food system, focused on the dairy supply chain. SmartDairy has a different focus in each partner country: In Ireland, it will assess the acceptability of dairy system carbon markets to accelerate the uptake of carbon mitigation measures by farmers. In Italy, it will simulate the implications of new climate-smart policies and business models along the dairy supply chain. In the UK, it will explore consumers’ perceptions and willingness to pay for climate-smart innovations. In Finland, it will analyse socio-cultural issues related to the consumption of milk and alternative products, as well as dairy-based food waste reduction behaviour. Country specific outcomes will form the basis for creating solutions in collaboration with stakeholders that enable a climate-smart dairy system that is acceptable to all actors from farm to fork. Overall, SmartDairy will create impact by reducing GHG emissions, increasing resource efficiency, and reducing waste, bringing us a step closer to a climate-neutral future. |
| Network | SUSFOOD2 |
| Call | Innovative solutions for resilient, climate-smart and sustainable food systems |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National University of Ireland Galway | Coordinator | Ireland |
| 2 | University of Sussex | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 3 | University of Ferrara | Partner | Italy |
| 4 | University of Helsinki | Partner | Finland |
| 5 | University of Reading | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 6 | University of Bristol | Partner | United Kingdom |