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This Vision will be achieved by delivering the following Specific Objectives: 1. Identification of the research needs of industry and other stakeholders so as to guide the strategic research investments in Irish research performing organisations (RPO’s). All investments should: a) Strengthen the existing knowledge base in key strategic areas; b) Increase the developmental capacity of RPO’s including scale-up and semi-commercial production of the research outputs; and c) Enable the Irish research community to leverage additional support for their research from EU and other International sources. 2. Ensuring that the research outputs are: a) Managed appropriately and in accordance with national IP policy; b) Used to underpin economic and industrial policy so as to ensure economic growth and development of the Irish food industry; and c) Used to underpin improvements in national nutrition and public health policy where relevant. 3. Developing a mechanism to monitor and assess the impact of State investments in food research so as to ensure that the investments made are cognisant of the needs of the stakeholders. 22 Working Group included DAFM, EI, MI, Bord Bia, SafeFood, Teagasc, UCD, UCC, Development of Food Research Ireland: Research Division within DAFM co-ordinated the overall development of Food Research Ireland with support from the membership of FREA Group. To ensure that the Plan was reflective of industry research needs, the food industry was divided into 6 main sectors each of which developed a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). Each sectoral group considered the following areas in the development of the SRA: ■ Strategic work areas where additional basic research was required were identified; ■ The current knowledge deficit was described; ■ The implications of the current knowledge deficit were elucidated; ■ The commercial benefit to Irish industry if the current knowledge deficit were addressed was identified; and ■ The potential areas for publicly funded research projects to address in this area were outlined. Other stakeholders were also consulted throughout the process including regulatory authorities, state agencies and academia. A Working Group 22 comprising of members of the FREA group and academia progressed the Plan to completion. Figure 3.1 describes the process of developing Food Research Ireland – a plan for meeting the needs of the Irish food sector to 2020 through research and innovation. Food Research Ireland ▼ 18
Figure 3.1: The process employed in the development of Food Research Ireland. Dairy Meat Cereals Marine Origin Foods Fresh Cut Produce Sectoral Strategic Research Agendas (SRA’s) “Food Research Ireland” meeting the needs Meat of the Irish food sector t0 2020 through research & innovation Prepared Consumer Foods Food Research Ireland Stakeholder Consultation - other Government departments, acedemia, regulatory authorities, food agencies, other funding agencies, consumer groups ▼ 19
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