Global Trends in the Dairy Industry [electronic resource]: Outlook for the Baltics /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,sponsoring body.
OECD Workshop on Agro-Food Policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania(2001 :Vilnius, Lithuania)
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2002.
This conference proceedings takes a detailed look at the outlook for the dairy industry in the Baltics.  It finds that intense competition for raw material, changing consumer demand and internationalisation are potent forces shaping the global dairy industry today and that impending EU accession offers the Baltic countries a unique window of opportunity to accelerate consolidation and to create a more economically viable and sustainable dairy sector.
CONTENTS; FOREWORD; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; OPENING STATEMENTS; SESSION 1. THE PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING SECTOR IN THE BALTIC REGION; The structure of milk processing and marketing in Estonia - Ms. Piret Hein; The structure of milk processing and marketing in Lithuania - Mr. Alvydas Ramanauskas and Dr. Natalija Kazlauskienė; Implications for producers, processors, consumers and policy makers -Dr. Adriaan Krijger; The emerging farm structure of milk production and trends in production in Estonia: the impact of farm structures on the quality and producer price of milk - Mrs. Tiina Saron
Situation and trends in the Latvian milk production sector - Ms. Inga JëkabsoneThe emerging farm structure of milk production and trends in production in Lithuania - Mr. Vytautas Lekešys; Discussant: Implications for producers, processors, consumers and government policy - Mr. Håkan Loxbo; SESSION 2. MARKET AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE DAIRY SECTOR; Recent trends in dairy product development and markets - Dr. Thomas Cox; Medium term market prospects for the main dairy products - Mr. Pavel Vavra; Discussant: Market and structural change in the dairy sector - Dr. David Colman
Emerging structure in the dairy processing sector - Dr. Michael KeaneStructural developments in the dairy processing sector - Dr. Adriaan Krijger; Discussant: Implications for the dairy sector in the Baltic countries - Mr. Michael Ryan; SESSION 3. PROSPECTS FOR THE BALTIC DAIRY INDUSTRY AND MARKETINFRASTRUCTURE; The role of supply side factors including direct investment - Mr. Sevki Acuner; The dairy sector in the CEC countries: the state of restructuring andfuture challenges - Dr. Klaus Frohberg and Dr. Monika Hartmann; Overview of the EU dairy sector policy - Dr. David Colman
The EU dairy policy and stage of adoption in the Baltic countries - Ms. Julie BrayerDiscussant: Challenges and opportunities to developing a competitive milk processingsector - Mr. Antero Tuominen; SESSION 4. OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; Workshop summary, conclusions and implications - Mr. Michael Ryan; ANNEX; Agenda; List of Participants
"This publication brings together the contributions presented at the OECD Workshop on Agro-Food Policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania : Opportunities and Challenges for the Dairy Industry, held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 4-5 December, 2001."
Includes bibliographical references.
This conference proceedings takes a detailed look at the outlook for the dairy industry in the Baltics.  It finds that intense competition for raw material, changing consumer demand and internationalisation are potent forces shaping the global dairy industry today and that impending EU accession offers the Baltic countries a unique window of opportunity to accelerate consolidation and to create a more economically viable and sustainable dairy sector.
Dairy products industry