evidence: Michael Bell from the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA) made a similar remark, in his testimony to the EU Environment Subcommittee at the House of Commons on 24 June 2020: "… Northern Ireland feeds a fair amount of Great Britain (output is the equivalent of 10 million meals)" and "… Northern Ireland feeds the equivalent of 10m people." [...] A representative from NIFDA responded to our query of how the figure of 10 million people fed by Northern Ireland food and agricultural output was calculated. The association explained how it used figures from the DAERA publication, Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Report 2019. [...] - the total value of annual Northern Ireland food production is £5.3bn - Northern Ireland’s domestic consumption is approximately £1bn of this - the approximate population of 2m people in Northern Ireland consume £1bn of food production - thus £5.3bn is estimated to feed 10m people (i.e. 5 x 2m)