IRISH ANNUAL ONLINE SURVEY FOR PRIMARY PRODUCERS

Irish annual online survey for primary producers in the food supply chain

Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has announced the launch of an online survey by the department’s Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement Authority.

Minister McConalogue said: “This survey represents a valuable opportunity for farmers and fishers to let the relevant authorities know if they are being treated unfairly by the buyers of their produce and I strongly encourage all our primary producers take five minutes of their time to provide this important feedback. I look forward to receiving the survey findings in due course.”

This is the second annual survey of primary producers, following an initial survey last year which assisted the Enforcement Authority to establish baseline levels of awareness of the UTP Regulations and to inform the issues of most concern to suppliers.

This year’s survey of primary producers is looking to establish:

• current awareness of the UTP Regulations 2021, including understanding of the key protections afforded to suppliers under these regulations; and
• the extent to which unfair trading practices impact suppliers, and the factors that might influence suppliers to make a complaint

The survey is also seeking to establish baseline awareness levels of the key functions and role planned for An Rialálaí Agraibhia (the Agri-food Regulator), the new Office to be established under the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill currently progressing through the Oireachtas.

The online survey results, along with the results of a separate phone survey of downstream agri-food business suppliers, will be processed anonymously by an independent market research company.

Further details on the survey can be found at www.utp.gov.ie.

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