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Business Development Program (Agriculture)

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Description

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:

  1. Training Sub-Program
    • Agri-Skills Individualized Training
    • Group Training for Agricultural Producers, Agri-Processors and/or Agri-Businesses
    • Organizational Development
  2. Business Planning Sub-Program
  3. Benchmarking & Risk Management Sub-Program
  4. Building Sector Capacity Sub-Program

Eligible Applicants

  1. Training Sub-Program
    • Mi’kmaq First Nations and other Indigenous groups;
    • Agricultural producers;
    • Farm employees;
    • Small to medium-sized agri-businesses;
    • Agri-processors;
    • Agriculture industry organizations, clubs, and associations; and
    • Others may be considered upon request
  2. Business Planning Sub-Program
    • Mi’kmaq First Nations and other Indigenous groups;
    • Agricultural producers;
    • Small to medium-sized agri-businesses;
    • Agri-processors;
    • Agriculture industry organizations, clubs, and associations; and
    • Others may be considered upon request.
  3. Benchmarking & Risk Management Sub-Program
    • Mi’kmaq First Nations and other Indigenous groups;
    • Agricultural producers;
    • Small to medium-sized agri-businesses;
    • Agri-processors;
    • Agriculture industry organizations, clubs, and associations; and
    • Others may be considered upon request.
  4. Building Sector Capacity Sub-Program
    • Mi’kmaq First Nations and other Indigenous groups
    • Agriculture industry organizations, clubs, and associations; and
    • Municipal and provincial government.

Eligible Expenses

Training Sub-Program

  • The Training Sub-Program supports the agriculture sector by providing funding for skills training and is comprised of three training categories:
    • Agri-Skills Individualized Training;
    • Group Training for Agricultural Producers, Agri-Processors and/or Agri-Businesses; and
    • Organizational Development.

 

Business Planning Sub-Program

  • The Business Planning Sub-Program will support PEI agricultural producers, small to medium-sized agri-businesses, and agriculture organizations with business, financial, and operations management activities.

 

Benchmarking & Risk Management Sub-Program

  • The Benchmarking and Risk Management Sub-Program will facilitate the development of projects to build the capacity of PEI agricultural producers, small to medium-sized agri-businesses and agricultural organizations to measure aspects of their performance and compare them to industry standards.

 

Building Sector Capacity Sub-Program

  • The Building Sector Capacity Sub-Program will assist sectors to implement their key priorities.  examples: organizational development, activities which will expand domestic and international markets for Prince Edward Island producers and small to medium sized agri-businesses. The program will facilitate the development of projects designed to enhance the capacity of PEI producers, small to medium sized agri-businesses and organizations and to respond to change.

Deadline Date

Ongoing. Please click the link indicated below for update.

Contact

Contact Name: PEI Department of Agriculture

Phone Number: (902) 368-4880

E-mail Address: businessdevelopment@gov.pe.ca

Website: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/agriculture/business-development-program-agriculture

Industry:

Agriculture, Indigenous, Municipalities

Location:

PEI

Tags:

Agri-Business, Producer, SMEs

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