Research - Policy and Guidance Documents

The Food Vision 2030 Strategy is a ten-year Strategy for the Irish agri-food sector (taken to include primary agriculture, food and drink processing and manufacturing, fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing, forestry and forestry processing and the equine sector).

Its Vision is that Ireland will become a world leader in Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) over the next decade. This will deliver significant benefits for the Irish agri-food sector itself, for Irish society and the environment. In demonstrating the Irish agri-food sector meets the highest standards of sustainability – economic, environmental, and social – this will also provide the basis for the future competitive advantage of the sector.

By adopting an integrated food systems approach, Ireland will seek to become a global leader of innovation for sustainable food and agriculture systems, producing safe, nutritious, and high-value food that tastes great, while protecting and enhancing our natural and cultural resources and contributing to vibrant rural and coastal communities and the national economy.

• Food Vision 2030 – A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems

Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy puts research and innovation (R&I) at the heart of addressing Ireland’s social, economic and environmental challenges.

Impact 2030 will maximise the impact of research and innovation on many national priorities. It will progress objectives shared across the Irish R&I system such as maximising its impact on public policymaking and implementation, and nurturing and attracting talent.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, launched the strategy on 18 May 2022.

Impact 2030 has five pillars, on the impact of:

• research and innovation on our economy, society and the environment

• research and innovation structures on excellence and outcomes

• innovation on enterprise success

• talent at the centre of the research and innovation ecosystem

• research and innovation on Ireland’s all-island, EU and global connectivity

Three work programmes will guide implementation of the strategy. The strategy document contains the first work programme, which will last three years.

• Impact 2030; Irelands Research and Innovation Strategy