Robust and resilient dairy production systems - Starting paper

This document addresses topics affecting the robustness and resilience of dairy production in a very wide scope, from big and intensive farms to small and grass based farms, but for all there are questions which need answers for these systems to become more robust and resilient. The “Robust and resilient dairy systems” Focus Group will focus on animal welfare and productivity. Aspects of environmental sustainability have been tackled in two other focus groups (permanent grasslands & reducing emission from cattle production). This document is written to encourage the participants to discuss, to trigger reflections and to create a good and open minded environment for the first meeting in Zagreb.