Seanad debates
Wednesday, 6 November 2002
Agriculture and Food: Statements.
The agriculture sector or the environment in which it operates never remains static. We need to be continually aware of emerging challenges. In this regard, the Government is guided by the agri-food 2010 action plan, which is a comprehensive, long-term strategy for the sector. I had eminent people study the sector for the first decade of the millennium and they produced the plan in 1999 outlining the trends and likely development of agriculture and the agri-food sector for the first decade of this century. This is important because we do not operate in an ad hoc system. We have a medium and long-term strategy, namely, the 2010 action plan.
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