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14 July 2015Cork Institute of Technology, Cork

Ireland’s Leadership Role in Creating Global Value Chains in the AgriFood

Sector

David Butler Director, Sustainable Food Systems Ireland

Cork Food & Agritech ForumAsia Business Week

Ireland’s Leadership Role in Creating Global Value Chains in Agri-food

14th July 2015

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Challenges to Global Agri-food Value Chains• Need to increase food production by 60% by 2050• 9bn population, 180m added to the middle classes

globally each year • Agriculture is challenged –

• Slow-down in productivity growth• Limited availability of new arable land and loss of

existing arable land• Climate change• Price and availability of energy and water• Impact of urbanisation on rural labour supply• Growing demand for protein

Challenges to Global Agri-food Value Chains

• Increasing complexity of agri-food value chains – processed and prepared consumer foods eg today’s pizza – 35 ingredients from 60 countries in one box • Every day, globally food businesses consume

millions of tonnes of raw materials, generate vast amounts of data, millions of man-hours of experience and operate a global network of suppliers and customers• Consumer awareness and trust issues – breaches

will have an immediate effect

Tesco share price, 2011 & 2012 16th January

2012 – horse meat

discovered in Tesco products, £300m drop in

share value in 1 day

Food Safety Crises

Classic Value ChainENABLING ENVIRONMENT

MACRO-ECONOMIC / POLICIES / LEGISLATION / REGULATIONS

FACILITATING INSTITUTIONSPolicy, Commercial, Legal, Financial, Market Information,

Standards, Markets, Technology, Food Safety, Innovation, IPR, etc.

Pre-productio

n Inpu

t Supp

ly

Productio

n

Post-productio

n

Industrial Processin

g

Distribution

and Marketin

g

FACILITATING SERVICES Transport, Storage, Processing, Packaging, Imports, Exports,

Dealers, Communications, etc.

INCENTIVEVALUE-ADDED BY EVERY FUNCTION FOR EACH PARTICIPANT

Another View

CONSUMERS

SERVICES

QUALITY & SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE

GOVERNANCE

ENTERPRISES

Stages of Influence

Animal Producti

on, Animal

Health & Welfare

Grass, Forage, Crops

& Horticul-ture

Sustainable

Manage- ment of Natural

Resources,

Climate Change

& Transbou

nd-ary Gases

Food Processin

g Technolo

gy & Engineeri

ng

Food Produ

ct Devel

op-ment

& Formul-ation

Chain Integri

ty & Safety

Functional Foods

& Nutrition

Public Health

& Diet-relate

d Diseas

es

Irish Strengths

Animal Producti

on, Animal

Health & Welfare

Grass, Forage, Crops

& Horticul-ture

Sustainable

Manage- ment of Natural

Resources,

Climate Change

& Transbou

nd-ary Gases

Food Processin

g Technolo

gy & Engineeri

ng

Food Produ

ct Devel

op-ment

& Formul-ation

Chain Integri

ty & Safety

Functional Foods

& Nutrition

Public Health

& Diet-relate

d Diseas

es

Comprehensive industry-led national strategic planning fostering sustainable intensification across the entire value chain

- Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025

Irish Strengths

Animal Producti

on, Animal

Health & Welfare

Grass, Forage, Crops

& Horticul-ture

Sustainable

Manage- ment of Natural

Resources,

Climate Change

& Transbou

nd-ary Gases

Food Processin

g Technolo

gy & Engineeri

ng

Food Produ

ct Devel

op-ment

& Formul-ation

Chain Integri

ty & Safety

Functional Foods

& Nutrition

Public Health

& Diet-relate

d Diseas

es

Traceability, official controls, Veterinary public health,

regulated and non-regulated disease control and eradication

Irish Strengths

Animal Producti

on, Animal

Health & Welfare

Grass, Forage, Crops

& Horticul-ture

Sustainable

Manage- ment of Natural

Resources,

Climate Change

& Transbou

nd-ary Gases

Food Processin

g Technolo

gy & Engineeri

ng

Food Produ

ct Devel

op-ment

& Formul-ation

Chain Integri

ty & Safety

Functional Foods

& Nutrition

Public Health

& Diet-relate

d Diseas

es

Origin Green, the world’s first national sustainability programme for

agriculture & food

Irish Strengths

Animal Producti

on, Animal

Health & Welfare

Grass, Forage, Crops

& Horticul-ture

Sustainable

Manage- ment of Natural

Resources,

Climate Change

& Transbou

nd-ary Gases

Food Processin

g Technolo

gy & Engineeri

ng

Food Produ

ct Devel

op-ment

& Formul-ation

Chain Integri

ty & Safety

Functional Foods

& Nutrition

Public Health

& Diet-relate

d Diseas

es

Integrated farm extension and agri-food research services

Irish Strengths

Animal Producti

on, Animal

Health & Welfare

Grass, Forage, Crops

& Horticul-ture

Sustainable

Manage- ment of Natural

Resources,

Climate Change

& Transbou

nd-ary Gases

Food Processin

g Technolo

gy & Engineeri

ng

Food Produ

ct Devel

op-ment

& Formul-ation

Chain Integri

ty & Safety

Functional Foods

& Nutrition

Public Health

& Diet-relate

d Diseas

es

Large-scale investments in applied innovation and Technology Centres in

food engineering, ingredients and other technologies e.g. DPTC and Food for

Health Ireland

Irish Strengths

Animal Producti

on, Animal

Health & Welfare

Grass, Forage, Crops

& Horticul-ture

Sustainable

Manage- ment of Natural

Resources,

Climate Change

& Transbou

nd-ary Gases

Food Processin

g Technolo

gy & Engineeri

ng

Food Produ

ct Devel

op-ment

& Formul-ation

Chain Integri

ty & Safety

Functional Foods

& Nutrition

Public Health

& Diet-relate

d Diseas

es

Ireland ranked #1 country in

the world for food safety

management

Sustainable Food Systems Ireland

FoodEnterprise

DevelopmentResearch & Innovation

Systems

Extension &KnowledgeTransfer

Animal Health & Welfare

Food Safety

Sustain-ability

Services:

• Strategic Planning

• Programme & project

design

• Feasibility & market

studies

• Training & education

• Capacity building &

institutional

strengthening

• Private sector

development

SFSI Practice Areas