The Irish Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine environment has partnered with EIT Climate-KIC to work with public and private stakeholders in the Irish land and agri-food system to help accelerate its pathways to climate neutrality.
The partnership will see an application of EIT Climate-KIC’s ‘Deep Demonstration model’ of innovation, to the Irish context. The partnership will foster a collaborative process to identify, test at scale, and implement a range of connected, innovative solutions to accelerate systemic change. This means working with farmers, businesses, policymakers, researchers, and citizens to create and implement tailored solutions to sustainability challenges while learning from each other and collectively pushing forward climate action.
A key step in this process is gathering a comprehensive understanding of four key component areas: socio-economic drivers, environmental drivers, food system activities, and food system outcomes.
The Ireland Deep Demonstration partnership will follow a road map to:
- Create a comprehensive ‘systems map’ of the sector, showing the key relationships, existing initiatives, and potential ‘levers of change’ for effective innovation interventions.
- Identify a portfolio of coordinated, mutually reinforcing innovation solutions that will enable the Irish land and agri-food system to reach its environmental, social and economic targets.
- Support the implementation of these solutions at scale, learning and iterating to accelerate the transition.
Further information is available on the EIT Website.