Evaluation form results:
(Scale: Excellent - Good - Average - Unsatisfactory - No comment)
Did the programme content meet with your expectations?
87% answered Excellent or Good
Were the presentations worthwhile?
90% answered Excellent or Good
Was the format of the conference (panels and discussions) satisfactory?
88% answered Excellent or Good
How well did the films add value to the programme?
88% answered Excellent or Good
Did the moderators keep the discussions moving along?
93% answered Excellent or Good
Was the information (programme, newletter, web site, brochures) satisfactory?
80% answered Excellent or Good
Do you think including the farm visit in the conference programme a good idea?
90% answered Yes
Were the enclosures of the participants' folders satisfactory?
57% answered Excellent or Good
Did you make fruitful contacts?
83% answered Excellent or Good
Was the venue satisfactory overall?
98% answered Excellent or Good
Did the social programme meet your expectations?
90% answered Excellent or Good
Was the service at the registration desk satisfactory?
92% answered Excellent or Good
Would you participate in a future IDF event?
97% answered Yes
This conference covered 3 days. Do you think this is a suitable length for future dairy farming summits?
7% answered Too Long, 76% answered Just right, 17% had no comment
Was the event satisfactory overall?
83% answered Excellent or Good
Suggestions from the delegates as to how the work on the subject of the conference should be continued:
"Form an international reference group with a tight terms of reference relevant to the dairy industry. The scope of the group’s work should be “doable”, not overly demanding but add value to the progress of mitigation of the impact of the dairy industry on the world’s climate."
"A discussion forum on the web site."
"Based upon information and results of this summit establish working groups/task forces to work on subjects and present results of their work at forthcoming meeting(s)."
"Make sure all countries involved are provided with a “press package” to assist in consumer information/education."
"Continue to share local innovations/solutions which address these issues, e.g biogas/biofuel. Create a web site for discussion groups. Share editorials from journalists."
"Follow-up meetings help locally to discuss local situations."
"Keep talking about it. Put pressure on policy makers. Collect data."
"Discussion forum on web site."
"Organize similar topic but target younger farmers as they have to deal with changes the most. Probably appropriate if some answers/solutions are provided."
"Any updates published on web site."
"Encourage each participant to give a talk/presentation when they get home, whether to church group, Rotary, school, etc. Or write own column or newspaper ad especially to other producers, say at a cooperative meeting. Spread word to other farmers. Put conference info on a flash drive and give to Ag Dept, federal state officials etc."
"Link delegates on-line and everyone participate in open forum. Co-ordinator (&staff) categorise info for easy reference. Decide date and venue for next conference."
"The scientists have to work a lot to find the correct models and eestiates for the influence of dairy and agriculture to the global climate – we need reliable information about this before we start the discussion at home."
"Working groups on the big topics to pull together a strategy for each area to move forward."
"Researchers and Agricultural college members should be called to participate in finding the solutions for problems facing the dairy farming, eg nutritionist can look for materials that can solve methane gas problem inside rumen."
"A working group established to take charge and manage the suggestions prior to departing the summit." |