FAO Dairy Outlook is a service of FAO's Trade and Markets Division<http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/dairy/en/> Thanks to all those who provided comments (listed below), including Bruce's suggestion that I needed a cappuccino on FAO's famous roof terrace. Well, having just come back from having the same, I must admit I feel a bit more sanguine ..... however, being by nature the sort of person who doesn't see why he should be pushing if no-one else is, I fear that my feeling of well-being will only be short lived - unless we have regular participation by members as an accompaniment to my coffees. Other the life of the list - about 16 years - we have faced this problem a number of times in the past. When we started in 1997, e-mail was new and getting/sending one as a novel experience: not anymore. Still, this List is a system for exchanging information, not simply supplying information. Therefore, every member has something to add ... and we want to hear from you. Gabriele and Miguel, it's nice to know that members read the messages, but we also want to receive comments and information from members; only in this way will we continue to be a dynamic and varied discussion list. Michael ================================== Dear Michael, I appreciate this report very much since I am often involved in discussions about the role of the dairy industry in feeding the world. This report offers a lot of information for improving discussions about this topic. And it is important that it is made under responsibility of FAO. I am sure I will use it for on-going discussions. Very valuable overview of contemporary facts. With kind regards, Jelle Jelle Zijlstra Project Manager Dairy Farm Management at Wageningen UR Livestock Research Professor Dairy Farming at VHL University of Applied Sciences ============================= Dear Michael, Sounds like you need one of your famed cappuccinos, on the balcony of the FAO building with a biscotti or some sugary confection. Many thanks for the news that Chapter 8 (Dairy-industry development programmes: Their role in food and nutrition security and poverty reduction by Dugdill, Bennett, Phelan & Scholten) is published. Milk is again showing how important it is in nutrition and small-family-scale development. By the way, where is Barbara, who's been running DOL for years? We love you both! Ciao! Bruce http:durham.academia.edu/BruceScholten ====================== Dear Michael, Thank you very much for sending me this report. I go thru it briefly and found that this report covered all information on milk knowledge. I will forward your mail to my colleges who are interested in all aspect about milk. Regards, Prapaisri P. Sirichakwal ======================================= Hi Michael, Please continue like that. We read your reports regularly! Kind regards Gabriele Nicolini =============================== Very interesting, thanks Miguel Vélez =================== Van: Newsletter on production and trade development in the dairy sector [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens FAO-Dairy-Outlook Verzonden: dinsdag 27 augustus 2013 12:22 Aan: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Onderwerp: FAO Report: Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition FAO Dairy Outlook is a service of FAO's Trade and Markets Division<http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/dairy/en/> Dear All, The FAO report on Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition is available at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3396e/i3396e.pdf I know that perhaps members need cranking up after the break; however, I have to say that simply sending out messages and not receiving comments or contributions in reply is rather a thankless task ... hardly makes me feel like opening the mailbox each morning, when all I see are bulk mailings and circulation reports. After all, this is not meant to be a one-man-show. Therefore, I would like to ask everyone to take a few minutes out, stretch your fingers and let's have some discussion ... or a least some sign of life. Looking forward to hearing from you. Michael ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the School-Milk-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(School-Milk-L,SIGNOFF);