Ambitious expansion goals for food sectors are achievable, says Coveney

AMBITIOUS expansion goals are achievable across all food sectors, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney told the High Level Implementation Committee on Food Harvest 2020.

Chairing his first committee meeting, Mr Coveney restated his commitment to “driving forward the implementation phase to ensure that the targets are fully achieved and the potential of the agri-food and fishing sector is fully realised”.

The minister said the goals would see the sector’s output gains grow by €1.5 billion, value-added outputs by €3bn and exports to at least €12bn.