The Business Development Program will support the agriculture sector by providing funding for training, business planning and implementation, organizational development, benchmarking and risk management activities. The program will facilitate the development of sound business practices and is designed to enhance the capacity of PEI Agricultural producers, small to medium-sized agri-businesses and organizations to better understand and manage their financial performance, respond to change and maximize the use of comprehensive risk management options for their agriculture operations.
The Business Development Program is comprised of four sub-programs:
- Training Sub-Program
- Agri-Skills Individualized Training
- Group Training for Agricultural Producers, Agri-Processors and/or Agri-Businesses
- Organizational Development
- Business Planning Sub-Program
- Benchmarking & Risk Management Sub-Program
- Building Sector Capacity Sub-Program