FOOD WISE 2025 Presentation to the Labs 3 rd February 2016 I relands - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FOOD WISE 2025 Presentation to the Labs 3 rd February 2016

I reland’s Natural Advantages Grassland Area Ireland Europe 80% 40%

Agri-Food Exports Breakdown, 2015 Sheepmeat Live Animals Poultry Edible Horticulture 2% 2% 3% & Cereals 2% Dairy products & Seafood ingredients 5% 30% • Pigmeat Exports in 2015 were 5% worth € 10.8 billion • Beef and Dairy Beverages 12% together accounted for >50% of all exports Prepared Foods Beef 17% 22% Source: Bord Bia, Export Performance & Prospects 2014 - 2015 4

Iris Irish Food and Drink Exports 2010 – 2015 12 € 10.8bn € 10.5bn € 10.0bn € 9.1bn € 8.9bn 10 € 7.9bn € 7.2bn 8 6 4 2 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: CSO

Food Wise 2025: Local Roots: Global Reach • Recognises the embedded nature of the sector in every region of Ireland • Supply chain stretching from rural and coastal areas exported to over 175 countries around the world • Regional reach by the sector makes it almost unique in Ireland - presents massive opportunities for further growth 6

LOCAL ROOTS GLOBAL REACH 7

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES 8

SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ARE EQUAL AND COMPLEMENTARY - ONE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER 9

#FOODWISE2025 Growth projections: • Increase the value of exports by 85% to € 19 billion • Deliver a further 23,000 jobs in the agri food sector 10

To achieve the ambition of Food Wise 2025: • 414 actions have to be implemented Sustainabilit y, 79 Sectors, 189 Human Capital, 51 Market Developmen t, 34 Innovation, Competitive 25 ness, 36 Food Wise …

Food Wise 2025 Food Safety and traceability is paramount for our exports Recognised as the very best in the world In SWOT analysis of the agri food sector, Supply Chain Disruption due to potential disease or food safety risks was identified as a threat Food Safety threat identified as a threat in 7 sectoral SWOTs 12

Food Wise 2025 Recommendation: The Irish Agri-food industry should enhance its strong credentials in food safety through a public-private collaboration aimed at anticipating and mitigating new and emerging risks to the food chain. • 4 Actions associated with this recommendation 178. DAFM, FSAI and industry to combine resources and intelligence gathering capacity to improve monitoring and predictive capacity which will result in more timely responses to food safety threats which may arise and ongoing communication. 13

Food Wise 2025 179. Review laboratory capacity to ensure effectiveness to address potential disease outbreak or food scares 180. Prioritise research to ensure the development of state of the art methodologies to identify and assess the risks with biological and chemical contamination of food and develop the controls to mitigate against these risks. 181. Prioritise research to ensure that the Irish food industries have the best available technologies and systems that will assist in identifying and controlling risks arising from microbial and chemical contaminants . 14

Food Wise 2025 Further information available on website http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/foodwise2025/ Thank you. 15