Publications and Working Papers
The SmartDairy Team is a dedicated group of academics. Please read below to see what working papers we are currently working on and what academic papers have been published out of this project.
A Food System Transformation Framework
Julian Worley, Doris Läpple, Fabio Bartolini, Silvia Gaiani, Greta Winkler
EuroChoices – Parlons Graphiques
Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of a finish climate-smart dairy system
By: Silvia Gaiani & Iida Alasentie
Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki
What are the biggest challenges and rising opportunities when developing the climate smartness of the Finnish dairy system?
You can find answers to these questions in the recently published Climate-Smart Dairy report, which presents the outcomes of the data collection from the Finnish dairy stakeholders.
The report is written by Silvia Gaiani and Iida Alasentie from Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki.
The Climate-smart Dairy project aims to identify challenges, explore innovations, and create new solutions to achieve a climate-smart dairy system. Using a multi-actor, multi-disciplinary approach across the partner countries of Ireland, the UK, Italy, and Finland, the project explores the interconnections and consequences of climate-smart innovations within the dairy system.
You can read the full report here:
Public support for climate smart dairy farming: Evidence from an experiment in the United Kingdom
By:
Walter Kiptoo Kiplagat, Zoe Barker, Yiorgos Gadanakis, Sara Hall, Daniel Enriquez-Hidalgo, Doris Laepple, Christopher Reynolds and Annemie Maertens
Abstract: The UK dairy sector strives for net-zero by 2050. This implies the adoption of climate smart innovations, which improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and build carbon storage. We assessed how consumers perceive these innovations and how much they are willing to pay for milk produced using them. We distinguished between three different avenues: nature based (which primarily increases carbon sequestration), technology based (which primarily improves system efficiency), and emission-reduction based (which tackles emissions at the source). We set up a laboratory experiment with two information treatments– informative posters or engaging videos (the control is a generic label only). Results suggest that while both poster and video increase knowledge, only videos increase willingness to pay (compared to the label). The participants preferred nature-based approaches at the start of the experiment, and exposure to the videos increased these preferences, while posters had no such effect.
For an updated version of the paper, please visit – https://sites.google.com/site/maertensannemie/