Food for thought! Embassy Addis delighted to host colleagues from 13 Missions around the world for 2 days of vibrant discussions on Food Systems, a major priority for Ireland’s development cooperation work globally.

Join us at a #COP28 public event, 10 December, where keynote speakers, Minister McConalogue and H.E. Mohammed Mousa Alameeri - UAE’s Undersecretary for Food Diversity - will discuss food systems and innovation for climate action.

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5 yrs ago we designed The Food Safety Project Albania, funded by #EU , led by #FSAI . Huge outputs - new national food safety strategy, 3 new laws, 7 awareness campaigns,info portal & publications,capability building for key Authorities - for better food safety and public health

Great to participate, thanks Teagasc and Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board for the invitation to join the panel discussion

#tbt Trade Mission to #Vietnam in Sept '22. (L to R) Mr Giovanni Pilato FAO Viet Nam, H.E John McCullagh 🇮🇪 Ambassador to 🇻🇳Ireland in Vietnam 🇮🇪, Martin Heydon Minister of State Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Remí Nono Womdim FAO Viet Nam, David Butler SFSI & Nguyen Song Ha FAO Viet Nam

SFSI is participating in an #EUTAIEX mission this week. The aim of this present mission is to assist Turkish Cypriot community & EU in defining an optimal approach for achieving an increase in small ruminants’ milk yields in the TCc in line with EU best practices.

This event builds on the success of the initial workshop organized in 🇺🇬 in June 2022 as part of the project 'Building the Ecosystem of Agribusiness ESOs in Africa', being developed by Food and Agriculture Organization African Union AAIN RUFORUM Agripreneurship Alliance and SFSI

Sinead Lonergan, Women in Business Manager Enterprise Ireland, represents SFSI at Consultation Workshop on Project Formulation for Building Ecosystem of #Agribusiness ESOs in Francophone African countries, held UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University this week. FAO in Africa Agripreneurship Alliance African Union

SFSI receives mention in Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Food Vision 2030 Annual Report (2022). We are co-operating with #Vietnamese #agrifood authorities to support the country's #foodsystemstransformation under a programme funded by Irish Foreign Ministry.

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There will be an increase in funding of almost €10m for climate-related agricultural research, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon has announced. eu1.hubs.ly/H03JhjG0

SFSI #foodsystems expertise will 'support strengthened food safety and enterprise development, including support for food technology and quality standards'.
Irish Aid USAID Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine FoodSafetyAuthority Enterprise Ireland Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board Teagasc Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate

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Minister of State Martin Heydon is leading Ireland's attendance at the summit.
Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine formally joined Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate in 2021. 'As part of this, Ireland through DAFM committed to increase spending on climate related research by 40% in the period 2021-2025.'

SFSI is proud to collaborate on the Irish Aid USAID Malawi Innovation Sprint which will support #sustainable #foodsystemstransformation in Malawi. The initiative is being launched today at the #AIM4CSummit in Washington D.C. Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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SFSI David Butler joins discussion on how #Vietnam ’s agro-industrial clusters can be augmented as regional & sectoral focal points for piloting #foodsystems transformation oriented interventions across the country. Ireland in Vietnam 🇮🇪 FAO Viet Nam One Planet - Sustainable Food Systems Programme #MARD UNIDO

Delighted to support the One Planet #SustainableFoodSystems Conference. Today, Tom Arnold shared 🇮🇪 experience of multi-sector engagement in formulating our agri-food strategy, #FoodVision2030 Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine SFSI One Planet - Sustainable Food Systems Programme FAO Viet Nam

SFSI delighted to be back on Hanoi with Tom Arnold at the Global Conference of the One Planet Network sustainable food systems programme this week Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Ireland in Vietnam 🇮🇪

SFSI is committed to #sustainablefoodsystems #transformation . We're looking forward to attending the #SFSPConference hosted by One Planet - Sustainable Food Systems Programme and actively engaging in discussions with our international counterparts throughout the week.

On April 6th, Minister of State Martin Heydon signed an MoU with his Vietnamese counterpart, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien to strengthen cooperation between Ireland and Vietnam. Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Bord Bia - The Irish Food Board

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Great to see Minister Pippa Hackett visiting Dairy Kenya Ireland Project - a great example of a new partnership working on climate smart dairy production between Teagasc KALRO Self Help Africa and Greenfield Ireland supported by Embassy of Ireland Irish Aid and SFSI

Paul Smith, Research Officer at Teagasc Grange, gives an overview of some of the research into #GHG abatement being carried out at the site.