Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in implementing Food Harvest 2020, for each sector provided for in that strategy, published in July 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22833/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Food Wise 2025, the new ten year strategy for the agri-food sector published in July last year, replaced Food Harvest 2020. It identifies the opportunities and challenges facing the sector and provides an enabling strategy that will allow the sector to grow and prosper. Food Wise includes more than 400 specific recommendations, spread across the cross-cutting themes of sustainability, innovation, human capital, market development and competitiveness; as well as specific sectoral recommendations.

Earlier this week I launched the first progress report on Food Wise 2025: Steps to Success 2016. Steps to Successhighlights the progress achieved one year into the implementation of the Food Wise 2025 strategy. Of the 330 detailed actions which were due to commence in 2015 or 2016, 28% have been achieved or substantial action has been undertaken; and a further 67% have commenced and are progressing well.

I believe that this is a good start and I will press on to get as many actions as possible completed within the next year.