Agricultural programs and services

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) programs and services support innovation, sustainable farming, business development, risk management, trade and market development.

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Program/Service	What this program or service offers	What is this for	Who are you	Accepting applications	Indigenous Peoples and organizations only	Youth only	Canadian Agricultural Partnership program	Keywords
Advance Payments Program	Provides low-interest cash advances on the value of eligible agricultural products, which must be repaid as the products are sold.	Managing risk and finance	Producer	Available - Yes			No	Indigenous Youth
AgPal – program and service finder	Web based tool to assist those looking for federal, provincial, and territorial agricultural programs and services that applies to their needs.	Business management COVID-19 specific programs Innovation, research and development Managing risk and finance Market development Sector specific programs Sustainable farming	Academic or researcher Government Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	Available - Yes				Indigenous Youth
Agri-Food Trade Services for Exporters	Helps food industry and businesses reach international markets.	Market development	Industry association Other Processor Producer	Available - Yes			No	Indigenous Youth
AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association Component	Funds industry, at the national level, to develop, verify, and integrate assurance systems to address market and regulatory requirements.	Business management	Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative	Yes			Yes	community, charity CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriAssurance Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Component	Helps implement assurance projects that address market and regulatory requirements.	Market development	Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriCompetitiveness Program	Helps leverage, coordinate and build on existing capacity, share best practices, provide mentorship opportunities, agriculture awareness, farm business management, and farm safety information and tools.	Market development	Non-profit organization or co-operative	Yes			Yes	community charity CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriCommunication Program	Supports recognition of Canadian efforts and appreciation of Canadian agriculture	Market Development	Non-profit organization or co-operative	Yes			No	food policy Indigenous, Youth
Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Adoption Stream	Funds the purchase and installation of commercially available clean technologies and processes.	Innovation, research and development Sustainable farming	Non-profit organization or co-operative Processor Producer	Yes			No	ACT PTPA Indigenous Youth
Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Research and Innovation Stream	Funds pre-market innovation, including research, development, demonstration and commercialization activities.	Innovation, research and development Sustainable farming	Non-profit organization or co-operative Processor Producer	Yes			No	ACT R&I PTPA Indigenous Youth
Agricultural Climate Solutions - Living Labs	Provides support to co-develop, test and enable adoption of technologies and practices, including beneficial management practices, that sequester carbon and/or mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.	Innovation, research and development Sustainable farming	Non-profit organization or co-operative	Yes			No	ACS BMP GHG SAC Indigenous Youth
Agricultural Climate Solutions - On-Farm Climate Action Fund	Supports farmers in adopting beneficial management practices that store carbon and reduce greenhouse gases, specifically in the areas of nitrogen management, cover cropping and rotational grazing practices.	Innovation, research and development Sustainable farming	Government Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Producer Processor	No			No	ACS BMP GHG SAC Indigenous Youth
AgriDiversity Program	Supports activities that help the sector better leverage the potential of youth, women, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities.	Business management	Non-profit organization or co-operative	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriInnovate Program	Provides repayable contributions for projects that aim to accelerate the demonstration, commercialization, and/or adoption of innovative products, technologies, processes or services that increase agri-sector competitiveness and sustainability.	Innovation, research and development	Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Processor Producer	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriInsurance	Provides cost-shared insurance for natural hazards.	Business management Managing risk and finance	Non-profit organization or co-operative Producer	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriInvest	Helps manage risk and small farming income declines.	Business management Managing risk and finance	Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Producer	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriMarketing Program	Provides support to increase and diversify exports to international markets and seize domestic market opportunities through industry-led promotional activities that differentiate Canadian products and producers, and leverage Canada's reputation for high quality and safe food.	Market development	Non-profit organization or co-operative	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriRecovery	Disaster relief framework, disaster event assessments, development of initiatives.	Managing risk and finance	Producer	Available Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriRisk Initiatives - Administrative Capacity Building Stream	Provides funding for building the administrative capacity for the delivery of new risk management tools.	Managing risk and finance	Government Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriRisk Initiatives - Microgrants	Supports academic research proposals concerning the development and improvement of alternative risk management tools.	Managing risk and finance	Academic or researcher	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriRisk Initiatives - Research and Development Contribution Funding Stream	Funds development of new risk management tools.	Managing risk and finance	Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Other	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriScience Program - Projects	Funds pre-commercial research and development projects that benefits the agriculture and agri-food sector and Canadians.	Innovation, research and development	Other Producer Processor	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriScience Program – Clusters	Supports pre-commercial science activities and cutting-edge research on a national scale that benefits the agriculture and agri-food sector and Canadians.	Innovation, research and development	Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative	No			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
AgriStability	Provides support to manage large farming income declines.	Business management Managing risk and finance	Non-profit organization or co-operative Producer	Yes			Yes	CAP Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Program	Makes loans available to farmers to establish, improve, and develop their farms and to marketing agencies to market commodities.	Managing risk and finance	Non-profit organization or co-operative Producer	Yes			No	CALA LCPA Indigenous Youth
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program	Provides support for projects that address national or sector-wide priorities that help industry address emerging issues and capitalize on opportunities.	Market development	Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative	Yes			No	CASPP PCPSA Indigenous Youth
Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Permits, Licences and Authorizations	Provides licences, permits, and authorizations to conduct pari-mutuel betting on horse races.	Sector specific programs	Other	Yes			No	CPMA ACPM Indigenous Youth
Canadian Soil Information Service	National and regional soil data and land resource information including, databases, interpretations, reports, maps, and publications.	Sustainable farming	Academic or researcher Government Producer	Available - Yes			No	CanSIS SISCan Indigenous Youth
Coordinated Agriculture Policy Research Initiative	Funds projects developed in partnership with the academic community and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.	Innovation, research and development	Academic or researcher	No			No	CAPRI ICRPA Indigenous Youth
Dairy Direct Payment Program	Compensation for market access commitments made under recent international trade agreements.	Sector specific programs	Producer	No			No	DDPP CETA CPTPP DDPPL Indigenous Youth
Dairy Farm Investment Program	Funds equipment upgrades to improve productivity.	Sector specific programs	Producer	No			No	DFIP PIFI Indigenous Youth
Dairy Processing Investment Fund	Provides funding to dairy processors for projects that will improve productivity and competitiveness.	Sector specific programs	Processor	No			No	DPIF CETA CPTPP FITPL Indigenous Youth
Drought Watch	Access information on weather and climate's impact on the Canadian agricultural sector.	Sustainable farming	Academic or researcher Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	Available Yes			No	Indigenous Youth
Emergency On-Farm Support Fund	Provides assistance to help farmers cover some of the additional costs of keeping farm workers safe from COVID-19.	Business management COVID-19 specific programs	Producer	No			No	Coronavirus disease Quarantine Act TFW Indigenous Youth
Emergency Processing Fund	Helps companies implement changes to protect workers and their families due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to make investments needed to increase Canada's food supply capacity.	Business management COVID-19 specific programs	Processor	No			No	EPF Coronavirus disease FUT Indigenous Youth
Farm Debt Mediation Service	Provides financial counselling and mediation services to farmers in financial difficulty.	Managing risk and finance	Producer	Available Yes			No	FDMS SMMEA Indigenous Youth
Food Waste Reduction Challenge	Supports innovations that accelerate and advance the deployment of diverse and high-impact solutions to food waste in Canada.	Innovation, research and development	Academic or researcher Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	No			No	Indigenous Youth
Geospatial products	Access to interactive agricultural maps, geospatial data and tools.	Sustainable farming	Academic or researcher Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	Available Yes			No	Indigenous Youth
Indigenous Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative	Support economic development opportunities for Indigenous communities and entrepreneurs who are launching or expanding agriculture and food systems projects.	Business management COVID-19 specific programs Innovation, research and development Managing risk and finance Market development Sector specific programs Sustainable farming	Academic or researcher Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	No	Yes		No	Indigenous Youth
Indigenous Pathfinder service	Helps navigate information, tools, and support available to start or expand activities in the agriculture and agri-food sector.	Business management COVID-19 specific programs Innovation, research and development Managing risk and finance Market development Sector specific programs Sustainable farming	Academic or researcher Industry association Non-profit organization or co-operative Other Processor Producer	Available Yes	Yes		No	Indigenous Youth
Livestock Tax Deferral	Allows farmers who sell part of their breeding herd due to drought or flooding in prescribed drought or flood regions to defer a portion of sale proceeds to the following year.	Managing risk and finance	Producer	Available Yes			No	Indigenous Youth
Local Food Infrastructure Fund	Funding to support community-based, not-for-profit organizations to improve their food systems through investments in infrastructure that are directly related to addressing food insecurities and increasing the accessibility of healthy, nutritious, and ideally, local foods within their community.	Sector specific programs	Government Non-profit organization or co-operative Producer	No			No	LFIF FIAL Indigenous Youth
Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program: 14-Day Isolation Period Stream	Funding to assist with some of the incremental costs associated with the mandatory 14-day isolation period imposed under the Quarantine Act on temporary foreign workers upon entering Canada.	Business management COVID-19 specific programs	Processor Producer	No			No	Coronavirus disease MIST TFW Indigenous Youth
Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program: 3-Day Hotel Quarantine Stream	Funding to assist with some of the costs associated with the 3-day hotel quarantine imposed under the Quarantine Act on temporary foreign workers upon entering Canada.	Business management COVID-19 specific programs	Processor Producer	No			No	Coronavirus disease MIST TFW Indigenous Youth
Market Development Program for Turkey and Chicken	Provides full and fair compensation to supply-managed sectors for market access concessions made under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.	Sector specific programs	Industry association	Yes			No	MDPTC CPTPP Indigenous Youth
Minor Use Pesticides at the Pest Management Centre	Matches pest problems with pesticides and prepares regulatory submissions for new minor uses of pesticides.	Sustainable farming	Industry association Producer	Available Yes			No	PMC MUP PUL CLA Indigenous Youth
Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization	Licenses intellectual property to bring new technologies to market.	Innovation, research and development	Academic or researcher Other Processor	Available Yes			No	OIPC BPIC Indigenous Youth
Pesticide Risk Reduction Program	Develops solutions that reduce the risk of pesticides harming humans and the environment.	Sustainable farming	Academic or researcher Industry association	Available Yes			No	PRR MPC RRP CLA Indigenous Youth
Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program	Helps supply-managed poultry and egg producers adapt to market changes resulting from the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.	Sector specific programs	Producer	Yes			No	PEFIP CPTPP Indigenous Youth
Price Pooling Program	Price guarantee to support cooperative marketing of eligible agricultural products.	Market development Business management	Non-profit organization or co-operative Industry association Producer	Yes			No	Indigenous Youth
Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre's Industrial Program	Provides access to agri-food research, innovation, advanced equipment, food processing, and testing.	Innovation, research and development	Processor	Available Yes			No	R&D Indigenous Youth
Surplus Food Rescue Program	Helps organizations distribute surplus food to populations in need which would otherwise be lost or destroyed.	Sector specific programs COVID-19 specific programs	Government Non-profit organization or co-operative	No			No	food waste Coronavirus disease Indigenous Youth
Trade show service	Promotes your products at the world's premier food and beverage trade shows.	Market development	Industry association Other Processor Producer	Available Yes			No	pavilion Canadian Agricultural Partnership Indigenous Youth
Youth Employment and Skills Program	Provides funding for agricultural internships for youth.	Business management	Other Processor Producer	No		Yes	No	YESP PECJ Indigenous Youth

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