Food and Beverage Sector Engagement: Stock take of Government Programmes and Initiatives
- Introduction
- Who does the Food & Beverage Sector include?
- What will the Stocktake be used for?
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Introduction
In December 2004, the Government announced the establishment of the Food and Beverage Taskforce. The engagement aims to develop a vision for the sector, a sector led strategy and a supporting plan of action, with the objective of raising the sustainable rate of economic growth.
The taskforce will ensure that the whole range of government activities that impact on the sector are co-ordinated and aligned, and that policies support the sector's growth.
To assist the engagement, Chief Executives of agencies involved in the Inter Agency Food and Beverage Policy Group were requested to participate in a stock take of government programmes and initiatives.
Background information for the collection of the stocktake data can be viewed here.
Who does the Food & Beverage Sector include?
The Food and Beverage Taskforce will consider the full range of the value chain from pre-farm gate/harvester to consumer (including the hospitality industry) and address such things as consumer demand, distribution, marketing and market development, processing, product development, research and development, and production.
In particular it will:
- include consideration of a range of inputs including research, science and technology, skills and labour supply and investment;
- consider various food and beverage products from the standpoint of increasing complexity and specificity along the continuum of primary production, basic food, differentiated food and ingredients, processed food and beverages, nutriceuticals and functional foods, and beverage and nutrigenomics;
- include the following sub-sectors: kiwifruit; pipfruit; wine; brewing; processed vegetables; fresh vegetables; other horticulture (e.g. berryfruit, nuts, olives); dairy; sheepmeat; beef; venison and game; pork; poultry; seafood (wild catch fisheries); aquaculture; and other beverage (mineral water, softdrinks, juices);
- include core cluster businesses, such as agritech and food handling and processing enterprises and services; and
- include the relationships between the food and beverage sector and other sectors with co-joined value chains, e.g. tourism, cosmetics and health.
Non-food primary production activities, e.g. forestry, fibre production, are not in scope.
What will the Stocktake be used for?
The stocktake will form the basis of a schedule that officials and industry can access over the Internet to identify government funds and services that could assist the Food and Beverage Sector develop and achieve its sustainable economic growth.
The stocktake on Government Programmes have long term applicability in that it will be useful where the government may choose to initiate engagements with other sectors in the future.
Officials will potentially find such a resource useful for identifying fit for new government interventions, and considering rationalisation and/or co-ordination of government initiatives across agencies.
We do not expect to have captured every government programme or initiative that could contribute to sector engagements, but think we have captured the majority.
Contact for Enquiries
Rural Affairs Coordinator
Sector Performance Policy
MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: +64 4 894 0675
Fax: +64 4 4 894 0745
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