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WORLD MILK DAY 1 June 2008 - Burkina Faso
13.05.2008
Dear FAO-Dairy-Outlook member,
As we do it las year, Burkina Faso planned to organize a small event to celebrate the 2008 WORLD MILK DAY.
The event is organise by "Burkina Faso milk value chain Organisation/Table" according to REPOL (Reseau de Recherche et d'Echange sur les Politiques
Laitieres) technical support. The topic of the event is "Rising world prices of milk and milk products: Threat or opportunity for the production and processing
of local milk".
Find in attachement, the Terms Of Reference (TOR) and the programm of the manifestation.
HAMADOU Seyni, CIRDES/REPOL Secretary.
Please join in the celebration of WORLD MILK DAY on 1st June 2008
Why hold a World Milk Day? The Day provides an opportunity to focus attention on milk and to publicise activities connected with milk and the milk industry. The fact that many countries choose to do this on the same day lends additional importance to individual national celebrations and shows that milk is a global food.
Where did it begin? FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) was asked to propose a specific day on which all aspects of milk could be celebrated.
Why 1st June? This date was chosen because a number of countries were already celebrating a national milk day on or around this time. Late May was originally proposed, but some countries, for example China, felt they already had too many celebrations in that month. While most countries hold their celebrations on 1st June, some choose to hold them a week or so before or after this date.
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