The agri-food sector, encompasses all operations within the food supply chain, including farmers, food industry, food retail, wholesale, food service, as well as their suppliers of inputs and services such as seeds, pesticides, fertilisers, machinery, packaging, repair, transport, finance, advice, and logistics. It comprises activities related to agriculture, farming, food processing, and beverage production, while excluding certain activities like forestry, logging, equestrian, transportation solely related to food delivery, industrial equipment and machinery not directly associated with agri-food, agricultural chemicals, hunting, trapping, and cooking.