Ireland's UN SDGs - Goal 2 Zero Hunger 2024

Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Ireland’s Food Vision 2030

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) Annual Report 2022 outlines DAFM's Mission Statement as: "Our mission is to lead, enable and regulate the sector in a way that optimises its contribution to social, economic and environmental sustainability". Their annual report is produced in line with the objectives set out in DAFM’s Statement of Strategy 2021-2024.

DAFM’s Statement of Strategy 2021-2024 outlines five strategic goals which are underpinned by actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve water and air quality and reverse biodiversity decline. The five strategic goals are:

• Goal 1: To promote and safeguard public, animal and plant health and animal welfare for the benefit of consumers, producers, the economy and wider society
• Goal 2: Provide income and targeted supports to farmers and others in the agri-food sector to underpin the rural economy and optimise environmental sustainability
• Goal 3: Provide the optimum policy framework for the sustainable development of the agri-food sector
• Goal 4: Deliver a sustainable, competitive and innovative seafood sector, driven by a skilled workforce, delivering value added products in line with consumer demand
• Goal 5: Maintain and develop strategic, operational, regulatory and technical capacity and capability to deliver excellent services to our customers.

Food Vision 2030 – A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems

"Food Vision 2030 – A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems" is the current 10-year stakeholder led strategy and its vision is that:

“Ireland will become a world leader in Sustainable Food Systems 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”.

The strategy consists of 22 goals, grouped into four high-level missions for the sector to work towards:

• Mission 1 – A Climate Smart, Environmentally Sustainable Agri-Food Sector
• Mission 2 – Viable and Resilient Primary Producers, with Enhanced Wellbeing
• Mission 3 – Food which is Safe, Nutritious and Appealing, Trusted and Valued at Home and Abroad
• Mission 4 – An Innovative, Competitive and Resilient Agri-Food Sector, Driven by Technology and Talent.

Further information is available in DAFM’s Food Vision 2030 Strategy document.