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AgriCompetitiveness Program │ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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he maximum Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) contribution toward a project will normally not exceed $1 million per year or a maximum of $5 million over 5 years. The maximum AAFC contribution for a project undertaken by a national fair to carry out awareness or educational activities during the fair will normally not exceed $100,000 per year or a maximum of $500,000 over 5 years.

Description

The AgriCompetitiveness Program is a $25.7-million program under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).

Eligible Applicants

  • You are a not-for-profit organization (an organization that operates solely for social welfare, civic improvement, pleasure or recreation, or any other purpose except profit) or Indigenous organization (a First Nation, Métis or Inuit organization)
  • You demonstrate the ability to deliver a national and/or agriculture and agri-food sector-wide project
  • You are a legal entity capable of entering into legal binding agreements

Eligible Expenses

The program will:

  • encourage projects that aim to increase sector development of environmental information and benchmarking
  • assist industry-led efforts to provide information needed to build capacity and enhance the sector’s development
  • support sector-led activities such as producer-oriented seminars and conferences that identify industry best practices and build the capacity of the sector to allow agri-businesses to transition, adapt, and improve their profitability by nurturing entrepreneurial capacity and cultivating industry leadership
  • support projects undertaken by national domestic agricultural fairs and exhibitions that deliver broad agricultural awareness and educational activities, and strengthen public trust about the origin of food and how it is produced
  • focus on projects that improve farm management, including risk management activities, as well as deliver farm safety information and tools

Deadline Date

Applications will be accepted from March 6, 2023 until September 30, 2027; however, the application period may close sooner if funding has been fully committed or otherwise announced here. The program ends March 31, 2028.

Contact

Contact Name: AgriCompetitiveness Program

Phone Number: 1-877-246-4682 (toll-free)

E-mail Address: aafc.agricompetitivenessagri-competitivite.aac@agr.gc.ca

Website: https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/agricompetitiveness

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