FOOD WISE 2025 Presentation to the Labs 3rd February

2016

Grassland Area

Ireland Europe

80% 40%

Ireland’s Natural Advantages

Agri-Food Exports Breakdown, 2015

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Dairy products & ingredients

30%

Beef 22%

Prepared Foods 17%

Beverages 12%

Pigmeat 5%

Seafood 5%

Edible Horticulture & Cereals

2%

Poultry 3%

Sheepmeat 2%

Live Animals 2%

Source: Bord Bia, Export Performance & Prospects 2014 - 2015

• Exports in 2015 were worth €10.8 billion

• Beef and Dairy together accounted for

>50% of all exports

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

€7.2bn

€7.9bn

€8.9bn €9.1bn

€10.0bn €10.5bn €10.8bn

Source: CSO

Iris Irish Food and Drink Exports 2010 – 2015

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• 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

LOCAL ROOTS

GLOBAL REACH

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GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

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SUSTAINABILITY

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC

COMPETITIVENESS ARE EQUAL AND

COMPLEMENTARY - ONE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED

AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER

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Growth projections:

• Increase the value of exports

by 85% to €19 billion

• Deliver a further 23,000 jobs in

the agri food sector

To achieve the ambition of Food Wise 2025:

• 414 actions have to be implemented

Food Wise …

Sustainability, 79

Human Capital, 51

Market Developmen

t, 34

Competitiveness, 36

Innovation, 25

Sectors, 189

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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

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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.

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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.

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Further information available on website

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/foodwise2025/

Thank you.

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