As part of the new programme for government there is a commitment to increase the levels of Green Public Procurement in Ireland. This commitment if realised would be extremely valuable to small green sevice providers throughout the country. IOFGA submitted a policy paper in a call for submissions from the public. Click here to read [...]
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2020 Submission
The Department of Agriculture Food and Fisheries called for stakeholders in the sector to submit their views on agriculture ost 2o13 and towards 2020. To read the full submission from IOFGA please click on the link below. Submission 2020 Strategy
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Socio-economic Implications of GM Cultivation in Ireland
In order to make an informed analysis on the impacts of GMO’ s it is important to examine the overall impact that the cultivation of GMO’s has had in countries where they have been growing them continually. It is very difficult to obtain data for countries south of the equator so the most obvious country [...]
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Food Harvest 2020
This document was prepared by a committee of stakeholders from across the agricultural sector. It was presented to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in June 2020. It is a draft strategy for the medium term development of the agri-food (including drinks) fisheries and forestry sector for the period to 2020. Download the full [...]