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FOOD INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS R & D - THE DRIVER. Beate Kettlitz CIAA Director Food Policy, Science and R&D. The voice of the European food and drink industry. The F&D Industry in Europe. First EU manufacturing industry 14% of total EU manufacturing turnover 13% of manufacturing jobs
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FOOD INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESSR & D - THE DRIVER Beate Kettlitz CIAA Director Food Policy, Science and R&D
The voice of the European food and drink industry The F&D Industry in Europe • First EU manufacturing industry 14% of total EU manufacturing turnover 13% of manufacturing jobs • More than € 840 billion of sales • 3.8 million employees • Purchases and transforms 70% of agricultural raw material • A fragmented sector: 99% of food companies have less than 250 employees, they contribute 50% of the overall turnover
Labour Productivity in Euro, 2004 (Value Added/Employee) Source: US Census Bureau, Chinese Yearbooks, National Bureau of Statistics of China, Statistics Bureau japan, Statistics Canada, Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Eurostat. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
World-wide trends R &D and Innovation R&D in the EU: 0.24%; in the US 0.35%; in Australia 0.4%; in Japan 1.21%
Medium-sized companies: a promising group for food & drink innovations
Core R & D Challenges for the Food and Drink Industryto boost Competitiviness Ensuring: • The production of safe foods that consumers can trust • An efficiennt Managing of the Food Chain Facilitating: • That consumers make the healthy choice the easy choice • The delivery a (more) healthy diet Commitment to: • The developementof value-added innovative food products fulfilling consumer requirements for superior product quality, convenience, availability and affordability • Achieving a sustainable food production • Training & Technology Transfer to smaler and medium sized enterprises
Regulatory constraints • Insufficient linkage between research efforts and regulatory responses where necessary • Unjustifiable lengthy and complicated approval procedures; therefore especially preventing innovation in SME sector • excessively long time span for a return on investment act as disincentives to R&D investment and to innovation
ConclusionsHow to increaseR&D / Innovation ? EU • Recognition of the contributions of the ETP « Food for Life » to the Strategic Research Agenda • Access to EU funds in particular for SMEs • Reduce administrative burden • administrative / regulatory help Member States • Alignment of national R&D programmes
Where to find more information about CIAA CIAA Public Websitehttp://www.ciaa.be Access to news and positions Access to ETP Food 4 Life