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Dairy Network Survey

Dairy Networks Survey

THANK YOU!
By joining this study, you'll help create information for a new map that shows how different groups of actors within Ireland's dairy sector connect and interact when it comes to the country’s sustainability ambitions. We hope this map will be useful to researchers and policymakers in other nations as they develop national action plans for sustainable food systems. We have worked hard on restricting the questions so the Survey Should Only Take about 10 Minutes
1.What is your gender?
2.Are you Over 18
3.Are you a Dairy Farmer or Farm Worker
4.Approximatly how many cows do you have
5.What does sustainability mean to you?
6.What is needed to achieve this kind of sustainability?
7.On a scale from 1 (Completly Unimportant) to 5 ( Completly Important), Please rank the importance of the aspects of sustainability to you
1 Completly Unimportant
2 Unimportant
3 Neutral/Don't know
4 Important
5 Completely Important
Social sustainability (issues like health and wellbeing, community, succession)
Economic sustainability (issues like livelihoods, competitiveness, prices)
Environmental sustainability (issues like carbon emissions, biodiversity, water quality)
8.What businesses and organisations do you engage with when managing your dairy business?
9.Please score the following stakeholders (1 is the lowest, 10 is the highest) based on their influence on your farm decisions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
N/A
Tegasc
EPA
Bord Bia
An Taisce
Dairy Co-ops
Department of Agriculture, food and the Marine
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
10.Where do you typically get your general farming information?
11.Please score the following stakeholders (1 is the lowest, 10 is the highest) based on their knowledge and expertise in regards to sustainability in the dairy sector
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
N/A
Tegasc
EPA
Bord Bia
An Taisce
Dairy Co-ops
Department of Agriculture, food and the Marine
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
12.Please score the following stakeholders (1 is the lowest, 10 is the highest) based on your trust in their information on sustainability
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
N/A
Tegasc
EPA
Bord Bia
An Taisce
Dairy Co-ops
Department of Agriculture, food and the Marine
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
13.Please score the follwoing stakeholders (1 is the lowest, 10 is the highest) based on your shared values in regards to sustainability
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
N/A
Tegasc
EPA
Bord Bia
An Taisce
Dairy Co-ops
Department of Agriculture, food and the Marine
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
14.Where do you get your news on what's happening in the agricultural sector in regards to sustainability?
15.This is for an optional draw to win a One4All gift voucher. Please enter your email address (one per survey). No personal data will be used in the analysis of results.