MATRIC Agri-Food Report
PROFITING FROM SCIENCE WWW.MATRIX-NI.ORG MATRIX REPORT : VOL 4 10.2008 AGRI-FOOD HORIZON PANEL REPORT CREATING THE CLIMATE FOR GROWTH PREPARED FOR MATRIX BY PROFITING FROM SCIENCE WWW.MATRIX-NI.ORG MATRIX AGRI-FOOD PANEL MEMBERS HORIZON PANEL MEMBERS Alan Blair Clare Passmore (Chair) Albert Sherrard Chris Gibson (Foyle Food Group) Bryan Keating John Gilliland (Farmer) Clare Passmore John McLenaghan (Just Farm Energy) Colin Elliott John Woolven (IDG) Damien McDonnell (Chair) Ken Baird (Moy Park) Ed Vernon Maurice Johnston (Dale Farm) Frank Bryan Mike Mills (Jigsaw Tree) Gerry McCormac Colin Coffey (FSIP) Bernie Hannigan Sydney Neill (AFBI) Jim McLaughlin Frank Kee (QUB) PAGE 03 CREATING THE CLIMAtE for growtH CHALLENGE, CAPABILITY AND Challenges, as well as a spectrum of the role played by the Department of CAPACITY: THIS AGRI- FOOD HORIZON opportunities, were identified in the SMART Enterprise, Trade and Investment, and PANEL REPORT COMES AT DEFINING and integrated application of knowledge, the Innovation team in particular, for their MOMENT FOR NORTHERN IRELAND science and technology in Health, support and ongoing commitment. AND OUR INDUSTRY. IT PRESENTS A Production and Waste, and Energy. WINDOW FOR OPPORTUNITY AND A This new path must be supported with FACILITY TO GROW OUR ECONOMY The substance of the report drew on expediency and I believe that this Agri-food AND OUR SOCIETY IN A SUSTAINABLE extensive input from retailers, local and Horizon Panel report, when enacted, will AND COLLABORATIVE WAY. international food processors, exporters, provide the basis for Northern Ireland to primary producers, researchers, government achieve specialised global leadership in its In preparing the report, I could not have and many, many others.
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