The Environmental Pillar has resigned from the stakeholder committee of the Agri-Food Strategy 2030.
The pillar is a national coalition of 32 environmental groups such as An Taisce, the Irish Wildlife Trust and Friends of the Earth.
An Taisce has welcomed the Environmental Pillar in “denouncing the strategy produced by this committee as entirely inadequate to meet the social and environmental challenges facing us”.
The strategy is yet to be published, but the final draft was circulated to the committee members this month, ahead of public consultation.
In a letter to Taoiseach Micheál Martin today (Thursday, February 25), Karen Ciesielski, coordinator of the Environmental Pillar said that the strategy is “not something that myself or our members can stand over or support”.
An Taisce lodges formal legal complaint about Food Wise 2025 with EU Commission
An Taisce has lodged a formal legal complaint with the EU Commission in relation to the Food Wise 2025 strategy, the current 10-year plan for the agri-food sector.
This comes as the coalition of which An Taisce is part of, Environmental Pillar, announced that it has resigned from the Agri-Food 2030 Strategy stakeholder committee.
An Taisce has welcomed the Environmental Pillar in “denouncing the strategy produced by this committee as entirely inadequate to meet the social and environmental challenges facing us”.
‘Time to accept societal responsibility for this strategy’
The strategy is yet to be published, but the final draft was circulated to the committee members this month, ahead of public consultation.
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Minister of State Martin Heydon
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with responsibility for research and development, Martin Heydon has today (Tuesday December 15) launched a call for research proposals under his department’s updated competitive research funding programme.
This is the first call under a restructured approach to research funding, seeking projects across key areas including climate and biodiversity; sustainable animal and plant health and production; agri-digitalisation and the bioeconomy; and safe, healthy food production and processing.
On launching this new call the minister commented: “Research and innovation is absolutely critical if the agriculture sector is to prosper and respond effectively to the overarching challenges of our time.”
Minister Heydon launches a Call for Research Proposals under his Departmentâs updated Competitive Research Funding Programme
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Research and Development, Martin Heydon, T.D. today launched a Call for Research Proposals under his Departmentâs updated competitive research funding programme. This is the first call under a restructured approach to research funding, seeking projects across key thematic areas including climate and biodiversity; sustainable animal and plant health and production; agri-digitalisation and the bioeconomy; and safe, healthy food production and processing.
On launching this new Call the Minister commented