Agricultural Climate Solutions Program

Value

Up to $100,000

Description

The goal of the Agricultural Climate Solutions Program (ACS) – Living Labs Program is to accelerate co-development, testing, adoption, dissemination and monitoring of technologies and practices, including beneficial management practices (BMPs), that sequester carbon and/or mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The program will consider projects within the following 2 priority areas:

Carbon sequestration (for example, cover crops, intercropping, conversion of marginal land to permanent cover, shelterbelts, inclusion of pulses in rotations)
Greenhouse gas mitigation (for example, nutrient management, feeding strategies)

Eligible Applicants

The following agriculture sector organization types are eligible to apply for contribution funding:

not-for-profit organizations, including producer organizations
Indigenous groups

Eligible organizations in Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec are welcome to submit their applications for funding.

Successful applicants will be required to develop a network of project participants to implement their comprehensive project proposal based on the living lab approach. Project participants may include:

Indigenous groups
producers
not-for-profit organizations
for-profit organizations
academic institutions
other federal government departments, including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
provincial and territorial departments and agencies
municipal governments

Eligible Expenses

The following funding opportunities are available:

Phase 1: Grant Funding (2022 application process closed on June 30, 2022) – to support organizations in building capacity, developing networks of participants, and drafting comprehensive project proposals that will be submitted for Phase 2 contribution funding and collaborative research and development support
- Phase 1 is optional support that can be requested by eligible recipients who wish to apply for Phase 2 funding and support
- Applicants may apply for an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) grant of up to $100,000

Phase 2: Contribution Funding (closes on December 16, 2022) – to implement approved comprehensive project proposals, following the living lab approach
- Applicants may also request collaborative research and development support from AAFC
- It is expected that approved comprehensive projects will start project activities in spring 2023