Agri-food sector study group meets

THE inaugural meeting of a steering group set up by Teagasc to carry out a new foresight study of the agri-food industry was held yesterday in Oak Park, Carlow.

Professor Seamus Smyth, emeritus president NUI Maynooth, is chairman of the committee which comprises national and international representatives from government institutions, industry and universities.

He congratulated Teagasc on undertaking this major initiative which seeks to create a widespread consensus on how the agri-food sector can contribute to Ireland’s new knowledge economy.