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Ireland is planning a big increase in milk output once quotas are lifted in 2015 as the government places food at the heart of an export led growth strategy, according to dairyreporter.com. Global demand for functional additives and barrier coatings for plastic packaging is forecast to grow by 4.3% in the five years from 2009 to reach US$752 million (NZ$1.03 billion) by 2014, according to a report by foodproductiondaily.com. Jiang Bing, director-general of the Policy Planning Department under the NEA, was quoted by People’s Daily online as saying that the plan has specified major policy measures for the development and utilization of nuclear, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, unconventional natural gas and other new energies According to Winnipegfreepress.com, Canadian politicians and trade envoys, including Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, are beating a path to China’s doors with a view to sell more agricultural products into the Chinese market.