This publication, which deals largely with the economic phases of the dairy industry, is an outgrowth of the recent national dairy conference at St. Louis. Publications bearing on herd improvement, feeding for milk production, the utilization of dairy by-products, disease-control work, and other phases of dairying are issued from time to time by the Bureau of Dairy Industry, the Bureau of Animal Industry, and other bureaus.

Milk and dairy products are a vital source of nutrition for many people. They also present livelihood opportunities for farm families, processors and other stakeholders in dairy value chains. Consumers, industry and governments need up-to-date information on how milk and dairy products can contribute to human nutrition and how dairy-industry development can best contribute to increasing food security and alleviating poverty. This publication is unique in drawing together information on nutrition, and dairy-industry development, providing a rich source of useful material on the role of dairy products in human nutrition and the way that investment in dairy-industry development has changed.

"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.

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