Info Source: Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information

Agricultural Marketing Programs Act: Advance Payments Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration to support and document applications made by producer organizations, interest paid to lenders and advances made to producers and payments made to lenders to honour guaranteed loans.

Document Types:

Applications, assessments, reports, correspondence, agreements, bank statements, accounts statements, Business Risk Management program documents, procedures, policies, and legal opinions.

Record Number:

AAFC 2600

Agricultural Marketing Programs Act: Price Pooling Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the admission into a Price Guarantee Agreement with marketing agencies to facilitate the marketing of agricultural products under a cooperative plan. It also includes records used to track the marketing agencies' monthly sales report.

Document Types:

Application forms, plans, financial statements and monthly sales reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 2610

AgriInsurance (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of this program that is a federal, provincial and territorial cost-shared program that stabilizes a producer's income by minimizing the economic effects of production losses caused by natural hazards like drought, flood, hail, frost, excessive moisture, and diseases. Producers are able to tailor the protection to their individual needs and use this protection to secure loans and plan for the longer term.

Note:

In 2007, the program was changed from Production Insurance to AgriInsurance under the Growing Forward Framework.

Document Types:

Federal-provincial agreements, strategic policy advice and consultations, statistics, analysis, provincial claims, audit reports and actuarial certifications.

Record Number:

AAFC 2400

AgriInvest (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of the AgriInvest program which provides support to Canadian agricultural producers for investments to mitigate risks or improve market income by depositing funds annually into a savings account and receiving a matching government contribution from federal, provincial and territorial governments.

Document Types:

Application forms (including statements of farming activities), contribution agreements, financial information, reports, correspondence, memoranda of understanding, legal opinions, meeting agendas, presentations, procedures and policies.

Record Number:

AAFC 2800

AgriRecovery (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of AgriRecovery which is a disaster-relief framework that allows the federal, provincial and territorial governments to work together to assist producers affected by regional disasters when assistance is needed beyond existing programming.

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, explanatory notes, ministerial recommendations, strategic environmental assessments, communication material, contribution agreements, application forms, surveys and background briefs.

Record Number:

AAFC 2300

AgriRisk Initiatives Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of the AgriRisk Initiatives program to review applications and proposals for projects to receive AgriRisk Initiatives funding support. Eligible applicants include producer organizations and associations, provincial and territorial governments, academic institutions and for profit and not-for-profit providers of agricultural risk management products or services. It also includes records related to the financial standing of the program applicants and recipients (for example, financial statements, articles of incorporation, letters patent, et cetera), information related to the past project management experience of the applicant as well as general information on the structure and governance of the applicant/recipient (for example, Boards of Director minutes, Annual General Meeting Records of Decision, et cetera).

Document Types:

Application forms and addendums, project-related emails and letters, screening and evaluation forms, work plans (including budgets and cash flow forecasts), AgriRisk Initiatives project forms (for example, Copyright Permission, Consent to Disclose Personal and/or Business Information, and Applicant's Authorized Representative, EDI-bank deposit, system-user Security Authorization), recommendation forms, memoranda, project approval or rejection letters, grant and contribution agreements, claims for project funding reimbursements or advances, project progress, performance and final reporting, project technical reports, risk assessments, audits (financial or compliance), program policies and procedures, and applicant guide.

Record Number:

AAFC 2350

AgriStability (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of the AgriStability program which is designed to provide support when producers experience large margin declines.

Document Types:

Application forms (including statements of farming activities and inventory information), contribution agreements, financial information, reports, correspondence, meeting agendas, legal opinions, presentations, memoranda of understanding, procedures and policies.

Record Number:

AAFC 2700

Canadian Agricultural Loans Act (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program to register loans made by financial institutions to farmers and agricultural co-operatives for the government guarantee under the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program. It also includes information to record and process revisions to loans made by financial institutions to farmers or agricultural co-operatives, to report and track defaulted loans, to record and process claims for loss under the guarantee and to affect recoveries of accounts receivable when necessary.

Note:

The Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program received Royal Assent on June 18, 2009, and replaced the former Farm Improvement and Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act.

Document Types:

Loan registrations and fee submissions, requests for revisions of loans terms, reports on defaulted loans and reports of claims for loss, loan account statements, promissory notes, security documentation, realization statements, and other documents related to the issuance of loans and realization procedures for defaulted loans, program procedures, policies, and legal opinions.

Record Number:

AAFC 2500

Dairy Sector Investment Programs (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of the Dairy Sector Investment Programs which have been established to make available non-repayable financial assistance to help drive dairy farmers to make the necessary investments that will assist in preparing for evolving market conditions.

Document Types:

Application forms (including statements of farming/investment activities), terms and conditions, milk license, analysis documents, contribution agreements, financial information, reports, correspondence, agreement documents, meeting agendas, presentations, procedures and policies.

Record Number:

Unassigned

Hog Farm Transition Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of the Hog Farm Transition Program to assist the hog sector transition to new market realities by providing compensation of up to a maximum of $75 million to hog producers who agree to cease production for a period of at least three years. Hog producers tender bids for the minimum amount of financial assistance they would accept to set aside production. The Canadian Pork Council delivers the program through a contribution agreement with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, forms, guides, correspondence and business plans.

Record Number:

AAFC 2270

Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records to assist the pork industry to deal with immediate short-term cash-flow pressures. It was designed to increase access to credit for eligible producers currently producing hogs in Canada and who could provide a business plan which demonstrated that the business was or could be viable and had a reasonable prospect of repaying the loan. The loans to an eligible hog producer are based on a credible business plan and the size of operation from recent production and sales records. The Government of Canada shares the risk with financial institutions in consolidating short-term debt into long term loans to these eligible hog producers.

Note:

The application deadline for producers was March 26, 2010; however reserves are in place until 2025.

Document Types:

Forms, loan account statements, proof of loan disbursements, proof of collection activities, copies of legal documents relating to collection activities and invoices.

Record Number:

AAFC 2900

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the licensing and supervision of pari-mutuel betting at racetracks and betting theatres (off track betting sites) and the operation of an equine drug control program. Records may include information related to all external communications, industry or public complaints, investigations, consultations with third parties and information received from or sent to other institutions with respect to regulatory issues, copies of relevant legislation, regulations and related policy instruments, as well as documentation related to equine drug control research and national wagering statistics. Also included are statistical, quality assurance, audit and betting system auditing reports.

Document Types:

Permits, licenses and betting approvals, correspondence, reports, consultations and memoranda.

Record Number:

AAFC 7010

Equine Drug Control and Research (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to drugs and medications used on racehorses, detection methodologies, as well as guidelines on drug elimination times.

Document Types:

Reports and guidelines.

Record Number:

AAFC 7020

Pari-Mutuel Supervision (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the authorized use of a pari-mutuel system of betting, and the regulatory compliance of associations authorized to conduct pari-mutuel betting in Canada on horse races. Supervision of pari-mutuel system includes overseeing pay-out price calculations, and pool take-outs and distributions, analysis of unusual pari-mutuel betting patterns, race dates, testing of totalizator equipment and betting systems, conducting inspections, preparing statistical reports, calculating and collecting federal levy, preparing sample collection and analysis reports, conducting quality assurance and audits.

Document Types:

Reports, tables, analysis, race dates, tests and collection records.

Record Number:

AAFC 7030

AgriFlexibility - Profitability Improvement (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to assistance provided to the agricultural sector to adapt to pressures and improve its competitiveness by funding non-business risk-management measures that would reduce costs of production, improve environmental sustainability, promote innovation and respond to market challenges. AgriFlexibility funding was delivered to applicants either directly by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada or by provinces/territories or industry groups who have presented successful proposals to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for a specific purpose to a targeted clientele. The Profitability Improvement component of AgriFlexibility provided funding to develop tools and systems that enhance producers' access to agronomic, commodity or market information that would improve business and farm management. AgriFlexibility - Profitability Improvement provided funding for activities, recipients, projects and initiatives that were not eligible under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Growing Forward programming to reduce costs of production, increase operational productivity and improve product quality.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, explanatory notes, ministerial recommendations, communication material, contribution agreements, application forms and background briefs.

Record Number:

AAFC 2910

Renewal (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of programs that provided farmers and farm families with the assistance to access skills, knowledge, tools and advice to help them increase their profitability through on-and-off farm opportunities. Specifically, these programs were the Canadian Farm Business Advisory Services including Farm Business Assessment and Specialized Business Planning Services; Planning and Assessment for Value-Added Enterprises; and the Canadian Agricultural Skills Service.

Note:

These programs ended on March 31, 2009.

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, grants, legal opinions, policies, surveys, memoranda and procedures.

Record Number:

AAFC 2200

Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Programs (2009-2019) (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to facilitating the agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector's ability to seize opportunities, to respond to new and emerging issues, and to pathfind and pilot solutions to new and ongoing issues in order to help it adapt and remain competitive.

Consistent Uses:

This class describes personal information used in support of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (2014-2019) which is required to maintain project contacts to support program delivery. Information may include phone numbers, addresses and e-mail coordinates for organizations and their representatives, who are required to apply, undertake activities and report on Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (2014-2019) projects. The personal information of contact persons is not used for administrative purposes that could affect the individual at any step during the administration of the Program. Information may be shared within Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Information is not organized nor intended to be retrieved by a personal identifier.
Note: The 2009-2013 program was extended to March 31, 2018

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, memoranda, ministerial recommendations, communication material, contribution agreements, and application forms.

Record Number:

AAFC 2040

Cattle Slaughter Industry Assistance (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Abattoir Competitiveness and the Slaughter Waste Innovation Program, which helped Canadian slaughterhouses become more competitive. The Abattoir Competitiveness Program provided grants to slaughterhouses to maintain critical domestic slaughter capacity for Canadian cattle over thirty months while the industry worked to better manage the regulatory and cost differentials with the United States. The Slaughter Waste Innovation Program provided contributions to slaughterhouses and stand-alone businesses handling specified risk material to support research, development, commercialization or adoption of innovative technologies and processes related to the removal, disposal or use of specified risk material to reduce handling costs and/or to create potential revenue sources from specified risk material.

Note:

The Slaughter Waste Innovation Program sunsetted March 31, 2013. The Abattoir Competitiveness Program operated from June 2010 to March 2011. Payments to eligible slaughterhouses were made in two phases and are now complete.

Document Types:

Application forms, proposals, reports, application review process and verification documents, policies, contribution agreements, meeting agendas, memoranda, records of decision, evaluations, briefing materials.

Record Number:

AAFC 3100

Churchill Port Utilization Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the grant payment program for legal entities, that arrange for the shipment of grain, outward, by ocean-going vessel, from the Port of Churchill. This Program is designed to provide support to the Port of Churchill during the transition to the new grain marketing model in Western Canada.

Note:

Assistance under this federally-delivered program up to $4.6 million per year for up to 500,000 tonnes of grain. Total assistance is for up to $23 million. This 5-year program ended on March 31, 2017.

Document Types:

Application forms, proposals, reports, application review process and verification documents, policies, contribution agreements, meeting agendas, memoranda, records of decision, evaluations, briefing materials.

Record Number:

AAFC 3105

Community Pastures Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the enhancement of the sustainability of prairie rangeland for agriculture through livestock production. This work includes managing prairie rangeland, serving some 1,500 livestock producers and providing grazing for some 130,000 head of livestock; while also conserving the resource and providing essential habitat for some 45 species that are identified under the Species at Risk Act. In addition, Action Plan IV resources ($10 million over four years) are being used to improve the long-term health and productivity of the landscape by enhancing the carrying capacity, rangeland productivity and infrastructure of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's community pastures through additional brush control, water development and forage rejuvenation measures.

Document Types:

Contracts, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, statistical reports, agendas and meeting notes.

Record Number:

AAFC 1055

Farm Debt Mediation Service (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to financial counselling and mediation services offered to insolvent farmers. Under the Farm Debt Mediation Service, a financial consultant is hired to work with the farmer to do a financial review, explore options and develop a recovery plan. A mediator is then hired to facilitate a meeting between the farmer and his/her creditors. At the meeting, the recovery plan is discussed and the mediator helps the farmer and the creditors to reach a solution that is mutually satisfactory. The service is free and confidential and is offered regionally across Canada.

Note:

There are two types of applications for the Farm Debt Mediation Service; an application which falls under section 5(1)(a) of the Farm Debt Mediation Act involves a Stay of Proceedings while an application which falls under Section 5(1)(b) of the Act does not. The Farm Debt Mediation Service is delivered regionally.

Document Types:

Application forms, reports, proposals (mediators and experts), statements of work, call ups, creditor lists, financial statements, correspondence, agreements, stays, proposals and recovery plans, meeting notices, attendance sheets, termination notices.

Record Number:

AAFC 3200

Fostering Business Development (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to support for agri-businesses to transition, adapt and improve their profitability and resilience by nurturing entrepreneurial capacity through the development of youth, young and established farmers, farm safety initiatives, skills and individual and industry leadership.

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, contracts, contribution agreements, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, funding documents, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, statistical reports, agendas and meeting notes.

Record Number:

AAFC 2020

Renewal (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of programs that provided farmers and farm families with the assistance to access skills, knowledge, tools and advice to help them increase their profitability through on-and-off farm opportunities. Specifically, these programs were the Canadian Farm Business Advisory Services including Farm Business Assessment and Specialized Business Planning Services; Planning and Assessment for Value-Added Enterprises; and the Canadian Agricultural Skills Service.

Note:

These programs ended on March 31, 2009.

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, grants, legal opinions, policies, surveys, memoranda and procedures.

Record Number:

AAFC 2200

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Cost-shared Adaptability and Industry Capacity (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to sound business management practices for producers and agri-businesses to be profitable. Under the initiative, eligible programs provide producers and agri-businesses with knowledge, information and tools.

Document Types:

Correspondence, reports, briefing materials, presentations, brochures, agendas, meeting minutes, policies.

Record Number:

AAFC 3115

Orchards and Vineyards Transition Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to assistance provided to producers to enable them to compete in the changing global markets and respond to market pressures. Records related to the management of plant removal which is the very first step towards farm operations evolving to new varieties or other crops. Also includes records related to the funding of strategic planning activities to increase the industry's knowledge and help industry make business decisions.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2011

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, statistical reports, agendas, meeting notes, correspondence and statements of work.

Record Number:

AAFC 2160

Slaughter Improvement Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the administration of this program that aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the red meat industry by providing interest-free, conditionally repayable contributions to support investment that will improve and modernize slaughter operations as well as enhance slaughter capacity in regions that have a demonstrated regional gap that is constraining sector growth.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2012

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, recipient applications including project plans/proposals and financial information, correspondence, statements of work, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, reports, agendas, and minutes of meetings.

Record Number:

AAFC 2210

Water Infrastructure (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the management and operation of federal owned water infrastructure in southern Saskatchewan. This activity ensures that the responsibilities for public safety and sound asset management are met, and ensure that water delivery obligations are fulfilled. A major component of the work includes developing and implementing changes in the management regime that enable Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to ultimately divest this infrastructure.

Document Types:

Contracts, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, statistical reports, agendas, meeting notes.

Record Number:

AAFC 1065

AgriFlexibility - Canada Brand Advocacy (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to promoting the Canada Brand in international markets. The Canada Brand Advocacy Initiative was designed to enhance the food and agriculture sector's competitiveness by increasing demand for Canadian products in select foreign markets. Through this $32 million initiative (2009-14), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada worked closely with industry to undertake consumer-oriented promotional activities to capture opportunities for growth and respond to threats to market success. The initiative promoted the Canada Brand for the sector at a broad level in target markets where industry was also carrying out its own complementary and more specific marketing activities.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Analysis documents, intelligence reports, promotional material, program planning and evaluation documents.

Record Number:

AAFC 2260

AgriFlexibility - Increased Market Demand (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to assistance provided to the agricultural sector to adapt to pressures and improve its competitiveness by funding non-business risk-management measures that will reduce costs of production, improve environmental sustainability, promote innovation and respond to market challenges. AgriFlexibility funding is delivered to applicants either directly by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada or by provinces/territories or industry groups who have presented successful proposals to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for a specific purpose to a targeted clientele. The Increased Market Demand component of AgriFlexibility provides funding to industry associations representing national / regional commodities in order to enhance market access, overcome trade barriers, capture market opportunities, develop and expand markets for value added products. Funding is provided to expand or recapture market access for Canadian food and agriculture products and to increase domestic and international demand for Canadian food and agriculture products.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, explanatory note, ministerial recommendations, communication material, contribution agreements, application forms, background briefs.

Record Number:

AAFC 6080

Agricultural Flexibility - Livestock Auction Traceability Initiative (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Livestock Auction Traceability Initiative: a program of up to $20 million funded through the Agricultural Flexibility Fund. This federally delivered initiative provides contributions to assist primarily in the alteration of animal handling structures, which will enhance traceability capabilities at high-risk, high through-put sites where animals from different herds co-mingle. These sites include auction marts, assembly yards, privately managed community pastures, fairs and exhibitions, feedlots and backgrounders.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, supporting documentation for financial claims, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, explanatory notes, strategic environment assessments, communication material, contribution agreements, application forms, background briefs and news releases.

Record Number:

AAFC 6010

AgriFlexibility - Protection of the Food Supply (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to funding to enhance the security of the food supply for activities, recipients, projects and initiatives that were not eligible under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Growing Forward programming. It promoted the adoption of proven food safety, biosecurity, traceability and risk management practices to ensure market access and increased demand for Canadian agricultural products.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, explanatory notes, ministerial recommendations, communication material, correspondence, contribution agreements, application forms, and background briefs.

Record Number:

AAFC 6020

Assurance Systems (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to supports for industry to develop national assurance systems and standards, such as food safety systems, animal and plant health surveillance systems, market attributes, quality standards and traceability systems and their related tools. These systems support Canada's agriculture sector in meeting buyer and market demands for assurance, and to enhance its competitiveness at home and abroad.

Document Types:

Guidelines, reports, correspondence, research, memoranda, communication material and background briefs.

Record Number:

AAFC 6025

Plum Pox Eradication Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the overall objective of the Plum Pox Eradication program to increase the tender fruit sector's viability and profitability by eradicating the Plum Pox Virus in Canada. The eradication strategy requires sampling for the virus and eventual removal of infected fruit trees from the quarantine area in the Niagara region of Ontario. The program funds the sampling, and compensates affected growers for the loss of their trees.

Note:

Program authority expired March 31, 2011.

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, reports, analysis, documents on monitoring, program integration strategies, approaches to eradication of the virus, and producer asset records.

Record Number:

AAFC 2190

Specified Risk Material (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to contributions to provincial-led initiatives. This program is a transition measure that assists industry and provinces in adapting to the imposition of controls on animal feed with primary objectives of:

1. bringing adequate disposal infrastructure (such as composting sites, incinerators);
2. helping industry meet the regulatory requirements and thereby maintain domestic and international confidence in the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy risk mitigation measures Canada has undertaken; and
3. investing in research to seek long-term value-added uses for Specified Risk Material.

Note:

Program authority expired March 31, 2011.

Document Types:

Contribution agreements and reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 3525

Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy's $50,000,000 grant program to support critical market development activities through the Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy Fund. The grant was paid out in up to 10 annual installments of up to $10,000,000 per year beginning in 2005-06 based on annual Canadian Cattlemen's Association Legacy Fund business plan requirements. The purpose of this fund was to support critical market development activities that addressed the chronic decline in beef exports as a result of trade restrictions, and to help reduce the beef industry's dependence on the United States market. The grant was used to support international and domestic marketing campaigns to reclaim and expand markets for Canadian beef and beef genetics.

Note:

Program sunsetted on March 31, 2015.

Document Types:

Marketing strategies, business plans, funding agreements, financial information and reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 7015

Canadian Wheat Board Transition Costs Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the government reimbursement of specific costs incurred by the Canadian Wheat Board associated with its transition to a voluntary grain marketing organization, which it became on August 1, 2012. The Canadian Wheat Board Transition Costs Program will provide grant and contribution payments to the Canadian Wheat Board in order to cover cost items related to the removal of its single desk selling authority for Western Canadian wheat and barley. They include costs of right-sizing of the Canadian Wheat Board, such as settling the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly-era pension and benefits plans and some severance costs; legacy debts; the cost of mitigating or terminating long-term logistical contracts entered into during the Canadian Wheat Broad's monopoly; post July 31st costs of closing the 2011-12 pool accounts; and other transition costs. This program provides grant and contribution payments to the Canadian Wheat Board of up to $349 million to cover cost items related to removing the single desk selling authority from the Canadian Wheat Board.

Note:

The program sunsetted June 30, 2015.

Record Number:

AAFC 7040

Control of Diseases in the Hog Industry 2 (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the development and implementation of biosecurity and best management practices, research projects, and long term risk management solutions under Control of Diseases in the Hog Industry. These initiatives, all of which promote industry awareness and activities to maintain a healthy Canadian hog herd, are coordinated and delivered at a national level by the Canadian Swine Health Board, contributing to the prosperity and stability of the Canadian Hog sector.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2015.

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, monitoring, analysis, performance and reporting information, background briefs, memoranda, claims and claim tracking spreadsheets, documents on program design, development, integration strategies and approaches to swine health risks.

Record Number:

AAFC 3515

Food Safety Systems Development (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the development of national on-farm and/or post-farm Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point or Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point-based food safety systems. Also includes records related to the early adoption of government-recognized food safety systems by producers and non-federally registered food-processing enterprises through financial incentives.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, explanatory note, ministerial recommendations, strategic environment assessments, communication material, contribution agreements, application forms, surveys, background briefs and financial claims.

Record Number:

AAFC 2150

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Cost-shared Assurance Programming (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the prevention and control of risks to the animal/plant resource base, provision of safe food and new market demands for assurance. Records related to provincial/territorial programming that supports producers, processors and other individual enterprises in implementing national assurance systems, standards and tools, which include food safety systems, biosecurity standards, traceability systems and market-attribute standards. Federal programming supports national organizations in developing national assurance systems, standards and tools, which include food safety systems, biosecurity standards, traceability systems and market-attribute standards.

Note:

Formerly under Federal-Provincial-Territorial Cost-Shared Assurance Programming.

Document Types:

Memoranda of understanding, national commodity specific biosecurity standards, educational and training material, agreements and proposals.

Record Number:

AAFC 2140

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Cost-shared Trade and Market Development (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to federal/provincial/territorial programming which assists the Canadian agricultural sector to identify new domestic and global opportunities and markets to enhance competitiveness and prosperity. This program also includes analysis of new and emerging market trends and sharing of market information between federal/provincial/territorial governments and stakeholders allow industry to adapt to increase their market competiveness.

Note:

Formerly under Federal-Provincial-Territorial Cost-shared Trade and Market Development.

Document Types:

Funding agreements, commercial applications, requests for proposals, policies, procedures, correspondence, briefing notes, ministerial recommendations, assessment reports, analysis documents.

Record Number:

AAFC 2265

Market Development (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the support of the agricultural sector by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada by providing resources through matching contribution agreements to ensure that industry has the capacity to build and deliver on long-term international strategies, to gain and expand international recognition in key markets and enhance market opportunities for Canadian agriculture and food products.

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, analysis documents, briefing notes, memoranda, ministerial recommendations, strategic environment assessments, communication material, contribution agreements, application forms and financial claims.

Record Number:

AAFC 6085

Pest Management: Pesticides Minor Use Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the joint delivery (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Health Canada of the program that improves grower access to new minor uses of pesticides. Pesticide residue, efficacy, and crop tolerance studies are conducted to generate and submit regulatory data packages to Health Canada for new minor uses of pesticide products. In addition, collaborative work with United States colleagues results in joint pesticide submissions to the regulatory agencies of both countries and the simultaneous availability of new pesticide minor uses in both countries. The increased availability of new minor use pesticides prevent trade barriers with countries where these products are already available.

Document Types:

Agreements, guidelines, reports, analysis documents, memoranda, communication material.

Record Number:

AAFC 2130

Pest Management: Pesticides Risk Reduction Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the development of technologies, tools (including biopesticides), and techniques aimed at reducing the risk to the environment and human health posed by pesticide use; the increased availability of biopesticides and reduced risk technologies, products and techniques contribute to sustainable agriculture. Collaboration with counterparts at Health Canada assists with targeting reduced risk alternatives to pesticides whose registration are being phased out due to toxicity.

Document Types:

Agreements, guidelines, reports, analysis documents, memoranda, communication material.

Record Number:

AAFC 2135

Enabling Research for Competitive Agriculture (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to research on Growing Forward priority issues used by industry groups and producers to assist them in identifying new opportunities, new markets and ways to enhance productivity and improve competitiveness and success in global and domestic markets. This was achieved through collaborative research, workshops, seminars, joint meetings with government, industry and the academic community, including the Canadian Agri-Food Innovation Council, the Value Chain Round Tables and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in order to increase benefits to farmers and industry through stronger links and complementary activities. It improved mechanisms for collaboration within the Department and with other Agriculture and Agri-Food initiatives through a Departmental Steering Committee to ensure better links to industry and producers and a mechanism for voluntary contributions to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to support workshops that address Canadian policy research priorities in the global context.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Articles in peer reviewed journals, policy briefs, reports, working papers, Masters and Doctorate student theses.

Record Number:

AAFC 3330

Facilitating Industry Adaptation to Regulatory Modernization (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to identifying, prioritizing, researching and analyzing the impacts of regulatory issues and modernization-related changes affecting sector competitiveness; providing information and advice to stakeholders to help them navigate and fulfill the science-based regulatory requirements for foods and ingredients; and evaluating options for industry-led alternatives to agriculture and agri-food regulation in areas (for example, product quality/efficacy attributes) where government agencies, such as Canadian Food Inspection Agency, are shifting their role in favour of focusing on core health/safety mandates, yet where buyer confidence is essential to maintaining competitive advantage and market access.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, educational material meeting/seminar information, presentations, reference material and reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 3095

Industry Engagement (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes information related to engagement with the food industry to identify issues impacting the sector. It provides government and industry with timely, analysis-based advice and information to inform decisions regarding policies, regulations, programs and research that support a competitive, innovative and sustainable agri-food industry.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, educational material and promotional material, meeting/seminar information, presentations, reference material and reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 3090

International Pork Marketing Fund (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to funding for the International Pork Marketing Fund Pork Legacy Funding Agreement, increased funding to the Market Access Secretariat and funding to support market access activities of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. These three components assist in the recovery and expansion of the international market for Canadian pork, support the recovery of markets that closed due to H1N1 and support the favourable positioning of Canada as a preferred supplier of high-valued pork products.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Strategies, business plans, funding agreements, financial information and reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 7025

Science Substantiation (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to Science Substantiation that fills critical gaps in evidence required for novel-ingredient safety and health-claim validity. It facilitates the determination and coordination of research priorities, providing advice for study designs, suggests methodologies and research protocols, and supports some studies to fill identified gaps in scientific knowledge. By working with targeted industries and/or other research partners, Science Substantiation assesses the technical feasibility of generating large quantities of real-life nutritious, appealing and stable products containing bioactives, while ensuring the products maintain their bioactivity until consumption. It catalyzes research efforts aimed at understanding the behaviour of targeted bioactives within the context of complex food matrices in human subjects, and provides advice and coordinates some human clinical trials to fill science gaps.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, data, financial information, correspondence, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, reports, intellectual property statements, meeting information and memoranda.

Record Number:

AAFC 4200

Sector Development and Analysis (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Sector Development and Analysis program which develops and maintains working relationships with national and regional agriculture and food associations, and individual companies in order to resolve barriers to growth and competitiveness, including horizontal issues. The Sector Development and Analysis program undertakes sectoral technical analysis in the development and operations of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada programs and policies and provides market data, analysis and benchmarking to facilitate market development for the agriculture and agri-food industry and related stakeholders.

Document Types:

Primary and secondary data banks, statistical reports, market reports, sector profiles and presentations.

Record Number:

AAFC 7035

Value Chain Roundtables (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes information relating to how industry engagement initiative works with value chains and industry groups. Includes records related to the Value Chain Round Tables which seek to provide a unique forum that enables industry-government collaboration to develop and implement strategies and plans aimed at improving adaptability, competitiveness, industry capacity, innovation and market success of a sector. These initiatives ensure an equal voice amongst all industry stakeholders, and help the sectors represented by roundtables to differentiate their industries from competitors to capitalize on current and future market opportunities.

Document Types:

Meeting minutes, records of decisions, membership lists, strategies, studies, reports, presentations, briefings, and financial records.

Record Number:

AAFC 7045

Traceability Infrastructure for Enterprise, Government and Industry (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to funding provided to individual businesses to assist in the purchase and installation of traceability infrastructure and the training of staff to implement traceability systems for plants, animals and products. For government, this includes records related to the investment in federal/provincial/territorial government infrastructure to provide an overarching framework to complement industry traceability system components. For industry, records relate to enhancing the ability to follow the movement of food through specified stage(s) of production, processing and distribution. The objective of traceability programming is to minimize the occurrence and extent of animal and plant health risk incidents and enhance market access by developing national livestock, plant and food traceability systems. Includes records of the operations of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Traceability Task Team and the Industry Government Advisory Committee on traceability, as well as studies undertaken to support the work for those two committees.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, performance reports, strategies, analysis documents, , meeting minutes, meeting records of decision, guidelines, communication documents, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment, memoranda, explanatory notes, ministerial recommendations, application forms, background briefs and financial claims.

Record Number:

AAFC 3535

Canada Brand (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Canada Brand program which continues to strengthen Canada’s food and agriculture sector brand and build on the foundation of food safety and quality, animal/plant health, traceability and environmental protection. The program involve working with industry stakeholders and provinces to encourage improvements to the infrastructure that underpins the sector, such as food production and processing systems, foster a pan-Canadian approach to market development, encourage Canada Brand membership and utilization, and provide Canada Brand tools to support success in export markets.

Document Types:

Analysis documents, graphics and associated guidelines, program planning and evaluation documents.

Record Number:

AAFC 6095

Market Information and Export Capacity Building (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the provision of timely and specific market intelligence and analysis to assist industry to maximize export opportunities in an increasingly competitive global environment. Through Global Analysis and with the collaboration of the provinces and other partners, new and potential exporters, especially Small and Medium Enterprises, are provided with market intelligence and analysis services prior to exploratory missions and trade shows as preparation to better ensure success.

Document Types:

Analysis documents, intelligence reports, promotional material, program planning and evaluation documents.

Record Number:

AAFC 7005

Trade Market Expansion (formerly known as Trade Negotiations and Market Access) (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to trade negotiations and market access issues. This includes bilateral, regional and multilateral agriculture trade negotiations (World Trade Organization included) as well as the development of enhanced multilateral rules on domestic support and export competition in the area of agriculture, the management and strengthening of bilateral and multilateral trade relationships and the resolution of market access issues and international cooperation (through memoranda of understanding and other arrangements) aimed at fostering mutually beneficial bilateral relationships and implemented through joint and capacity building projects. Information gathered also relates to impediments to internal and international trade, resolution of trade disputes, defense of Canadian programs and policies against potential trade challenges, advancement of Canada's trade policy interests through strategic participation in offensive trade cases. This program also includes trade policy activities such as: domestic policy development related to ongoing international trade impediments and improvement of Canada's capacity to analyze and negotiate technical trade issues to allow the Canadian agriculture and food sector to take advantage of market opportunities; as well as activities related to the Agriculture and Food Goods and the Alcoholic Beverages Chapters of the Agreement in Internal Trade.

Document Types:

Trade negotiation documents, briefing materials, reports, policies, meeting documents and trade agreements.

Record Number:

AAFC 3050

Co-operatives Development (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the enhancement of policy collaboration on agricultural cooperative and co-operative issues by seeding the adoption of innovative solutions that modernize and diversify the rural economic base and strengthen the agriculture and agri-food sector and the Canadian economy.

Note:

The Co-operatives Development activity includes records related to the Co-operative Development Initiative which ended March 31, 2014.

Document Types:

Proposals, contribution agreements, financial information and reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 5020

Rural Development (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the enhancement of policy collaboration on agriculture-rural, and rural development issues by seeding the adoption of innovation solutions that modernize and diversify the rural economic base and strengthen the agriculture and agri-food sector and the Canadian economy.

Note:

The Rural Development activity includes records related to Canada's Rural Partnership program which ended March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Proposals, contribution agreements, financial information, reports, issue papers.

Record Number:

AAFC 5010

Sand Plains Community Development Fund (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to assistance provided to rural communities in the tobacco-growing region of Ontario to transition to a non-tobacco based economy, thus building a stronger and more diversified economy. The program was intended for community initiatives which support regional development, stimulate business, investment and job creation, strengthen local populations and attract visitors. Rural project proponents in the counties of Brant, Elgin, Middlesex, Norfolk and Oxford may apply for assistance under two separate categories: Access to Capital or Community Development Support. Eligible applicants for Community Development Support and Access to Capital included community organizations, not-for-profit organizations, co-operatives, social service institutions and municipalities. In addition, the Access to Capital component accepted applications from business organizations and private enterprises.

Note:

While the government contributions to the program ended with the program sunset on March 31, 2012, a continuing Access to Capital loan component is being managed by the Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporation using funds repaid from earlier loans.

Document Types:

Proposals, contribution agreements, agendas, minutes, financial information and reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 5030

Tobacco Transition Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to assistance provided to Ontario flue-cured tobacco producers to help them exit the industry.

Note:

This program ran until March 31, 2009.

Document Types:

Contribution agreements, contracts, statements of work, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, reports, agendas, meeting notes, correspondence, and program fact sheets.

Record Number:

AAFC 2250

Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the support of an international network, the Global Research Alliance, to coordinate and increase agricultural research on greenhouse gas mitigation and make new mitigation technologies and Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) available to farmers. The Department provides contribution funding to industry proponents for approved projects. The Global Research Alliance deepens and broadens existing networks of research in relation to greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and builds new ones, enhances scientific and technology delivery capacities, and seeks to effect a fundamental change in the current relationship between food/agricultural production and greenhouse gases.

Document Types:

Contracts, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, meeting information, and project plans.

Record Number:

AAFC 1045

AgriFlexibility - Agri-based Processing (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Agri-based Processing Initiative (API) that provides agri-processing companies and co-operatives with repayable contributions of up to $2 million per project or up to 50% of eligible costs, whichever is less, for the purchase of new-to-company machinery and equipment and/or for hiring expertise for services related to equipment installation, and consultation, design, and advice regarding new-to-company manufacturing technologies, processes and products.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Application forms, application review processes, contribution agreements between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and project proponents, monitoring and evaluation reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 3080

AgriFlexibility - Environmental Action (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to assistance provided to the agricultural sector in order to adapt to pressures and improve its competitiveness by funding non-business risk-management measures that would reduce costs of production, improve environmental sustainability, promote innovation and respond to market challenges. AgriFlexibility funding was delivered to applicants either directly by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada or by provinces/territories or industry groups who presented successful proposals to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for a specific purpose to a targeted clientele. The Environmental Action component of AgriFlexibility sought to help the agriculture and agri-food industry improve sustainability, effluent management, eco-efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of renewable energy. While Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Growing Forward programming aimed to increase the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices at farm levels, AgriFlexibility-Environmental Action helped to improve performance by developing new tools and methods for the industry.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2014

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, ministerial recommendations, communications materials, contribution agreements, application forms and background briefs.

Record Number:

AAFC 3070

AgriFlexibility - Science Addressing Market Opportunities and Challenges (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to assistance provided to the agricultural sector to adapt to pressures and improve its competitiveness by funding non-business risk-management measures that would reduce costs of production, improve environmental sustainability, promote innovation and respond to market challenges. AgriFlexibility funding was delivered to applicants either directly by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada or by provinces/territories or industry groups who presented successful proposals to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for a specific purpose to a targeted clientele. AgriFlexibility - Science Addressing Market Opportunities and Challenges provided funding to develop scientific knowledge or new technology to: transform commodities into new value-added or bioeconomy market opportunities; enable the production of new products; respond to a market challenge; or to improve product quality for activities and recipients not eligible under other Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada programming.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013

Document Types:

Guidelines, terms and conditions, evaluations, reports, assessment requests, analysis documents, memoranda, explanatory note, ministerial recommendations, communication material, contribution agreements, application forms, background briefs.

Record Number:

AAFC 6070

Agri-Opportunities (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to funding for the commercialization of innovative value-added products, services and processes that were not commercially produced or available in Canada and that were ready to be introduced to the marketplace. Agri-Opportunities provided repayable interest-free, unsecured contributions of up to one third of total eligible project costs to a maximum of $10 million per project.

Note:

The program authority expired as of March 31, 2011.

Document Types:

Application proposals and assessment reports, contribution agreements, memoranda and monitoring, evaluation and program reports.

Record Number:

AAFC 2010

Canadian Farm Families Options Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to a two-year pilot program announced in August 2006 that provided short-term income assistance to lower-income farmers and their families while they pursue training and advice to improve their on- or off-farm income prospects for the long-term.

Note:

The Options program ended on November 20, 2008.

Document Types:

Applications forms, contribution agreements, contracts, financial information, reports, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, agendas, meeting notes, correspondence.

Record Number:

AAFC 2050

ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital (ecoABC) Initiative (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to applications for funding under the ecoABC Initiative which provides agricultural producers with an opportunity to participate in the emerging renewable fuels industry, while contributing towards the achievement of the Government of Canada's targets for renewable content in Canadian transportation fuels. The ecoABC Initiative provides conditionally repayable contributions of up to $25 million or 25% of eligible construction costs (whichever is less) for the construction or expansion of transportation biofuel (ethanol and biodiesel) production facilities in Canada which include new equity investment by farmers and use agricultural feedstock (for example, grain, corn, animal fats) to produce the transportation biofuel.

Note:

Current program authority expired March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Application proposals and assessments, reports, contribution agreements, memoranda and monitoring and evaluation documents.

Record Number:

AAFC 2060

Enabling Commercialization and Adoption (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the acceleration, demonstration, commercialization and/or adoption of innovative agri-based products, technologies, processes or services to increase sector competitiveness across the value chain and realize returns on investments. This activity includes records related to repayable contributions for industry led agri-based commercialization and adoption projects as well as demonstration projects aimed at facilitating the commercialization or adoption of agri-innovations. Funding is provided for activities that could include capital costs such as construction, purchasing and installing equipment, as well as marketing, and skills development, contracted services and labour. Eligible recipients are for-profit organizations.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, data, educational material, financial information, forms, correspondence, records of decision, planning documents, procedures, presentations, promotional material, published information, requisitions, correspondence, intellectual property statements, licences and permits, meeting information, memoranda and organizational material.

Record Number:

AAFC 4265

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Cost-shared Environment (formerly known as Cost-shared Environmental Risk Assessment and Implementation) (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to providing a systematic approach to farmers, through federal/provincial partnerships, to assess priority environmental risks and address them by developing effective plans to mitigate these risks.

Document Types:

Contracts, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, statistical reports, agendas and meeting notes.

Record Number:

AAFC 1020

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Cost-shared Research, Adoption and Commercialization (formerly known as Cost-shared Innovation) (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to federal/ provincial/territorial programming that accelerates the pace of innovation in the Canadian agricultural sector by supporting Research and Development (R&D) activities and facilitating the demonstration, commercialization and/or services in order to enhance productivity, competitiveness, economic growth, adaptability of Canadian agricultural sector, and assist in capturing opportunities for the sector in domestic and global markets. Funding is provided to academia, producers, agri-business and other organizations and encourages greater interaction among all parties.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, data, educational material, financial information, forms, correspondence, records of decision, planning documents, procedures, presentations, promotional material, published information, requisitions, correspondence, intellectual property statements, licenses and permits, meeting information, memoranda and organizational material.

Record Number:

AAFC 4280

Agri-Environmental Applications and Measurement (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the use of knowledge and information to improve the agri-environmental decision-making capacity of farmers and employs measurement and analyses to inform efforts aimed at demonstrating the environmental impacts of sustainable agriculture practices.

Document Types:

Contracts, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, statistical reports, agendas and meeting notes.

Record Number:

AAFC 1010

Agri-Environmental Soil, Water, Air and Bioresource Protection (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to new knowledge and improved understanding of the interactions between agriculture and the environment that provide improved protection of the agri-environment (Soil, Water, Air and Bioresource) through the use of new technologies, tools, and Beneficial Management Practices. Knowledge from this forms the foundation for enhancing the environmental performance of the agri-food sector and to secure soil, water, air and bioresource quality for use by Canadians (present and future generations).

Document Types:

Agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentation, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, geospatial information, meeting information, memoranda, organizational information and standards.

Record Number:

AAFC 3500

Adaptive Knowledge (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the development, adaptation and verification of science-based information and technology that contribute to environmental sustainability and profitability within the agricultural sector. The program draws on innovation and discovery from research and is ultimately used by producers and other users of land and water resources to make more informed decisions in response to climate change, and improve stewardship of water and land resources in agriculture.

Document Types:

Agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, meeting information, and memoranda.

Record Number:

AAFC 1015

Agroforestry (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the national conduct of research and development of agroforestry practices, technology and genetic materials that enhance and improve the competitive and environmental performance of the agriculture sector, and develops agroforestry systems for use on agricultural landscapes. Agroforestry systems and trees developed are implemented by agricultural producers addressing environmental risks while capturing agricultural economic opportunities.

Note:

The program closed as part of budget 2012.

Document Types:

Agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, meeting information, and memoranda

Record Number:

AAFC 1025

National Land and Water Information Service (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Internet-based service that provides on-line access to agri-environmental information to support responsible land-use decisions. This integrated, geographic-based information and knowledge service provides expertise and up-to-date data and information related to the management of land, soil, water, climate and biodiversity to support a common understanding for local and regional land-use planning and management.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, meeting information, and memoranda.

Record Number:

AAFC 1035

Research Accelerating Innovation (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records relating to the emerging science-based requirements of the Canadian agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector by generating and providing access to scientific knowledge that helps the industry identify and mitigate risks to agriculture and agri-food production, keep pace with sustainability considerations, improve productivity and capture market opportunities. Objectives of this program include: conducting innovative research to understand key challenges and opportunities facing the sector; transforming scientific knowledge into agricultural products, processes and practices that improve competitiveness, profitability and sustainability of the agricultural sector; and working with industry to target Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada efforts towards key business risks and opportunities.

Document Types:

Agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentation, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, geospatial information, meeting information, memoranda, organizational information and standards.

Record Number:

AAFC 3505

Sustainable Agriculture Environmental Systems (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to peer reviewed innovation and discovery research focused on broadening the understanding by the scientific community at large of interactions between agricultural practices, water and climate variability. This will assist the sector through its use of this new knowledge in developing new and improved agricultural practices that can be adopted by producers to address challenges associated with climate variability and crop, livestock and water management in an economically sustainable manner.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013

Document Types:

Agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, geospatial information, meeting information, memoranda, organizational information and standards.

Record Number:

AAFC 3520

Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBS) that aims to increase the understanding of the effectiveness of beneficial management practices (BMP) in an agricultural watershed setting. WEBS will enable producers, policy/planners and the general public to make informed decisions as to which practices are likely to be most effective and where in the landscape they might best be applied. This builds understanding of the long-term relationships between BMPs and related agricultural land use activities, both environmental and economic.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Agreements, data, educational material, financial material, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, correspondence, reports, requisitions, meeting information, and memoranda.

Record Number:

AAFC 1075

Agri-Based Investment Opportunities (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to this program that encouraged greater interactions between investors and entrepreneurs, and small to medium sized enterprises within the Canadian agriculture sector by supporting the delivery of a series of national Innovation Symposia that brought small to medium sized enterprises together with potential private investors to promote and explore potential opportunities in agri-based business ventures and to accelerate success stories, as well as transfer new information about innovation best practices and future directions for the sector.

Note:

The program ended March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Contractual information, data, educational material, forms, ministerial correspondence, planning documents, procedures, presentations, promotional material, correspondence, reports, meeting information, organizational information and standards.

Record Number:

AAFC 4330

Agri-Foresight (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to connecting knowledgeable individuals such as scientists, economists, market-experts and consultants with decision makers and stakeholders in governments, academia and the private agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector to collaboratively define possible long-term future opportunities and challenges for the Canadian agriculture sector. Agri-Foresight included the anticipation of possible future scenarios, strategic analysis, and the design of strategies and action plans to address the potential significant economic, environmental and social pressures the sector may face in the future.

Note:

The program ended March 31, 2012

Document Types:

Data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published material, reference material, correspondence, meeting information, memoranda and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4300

Agri-Science Clusters (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Agri-Science Clusters that were strategic concentrations of industry, academic, and government science and technical expertise in a particular sector. They encouraged key agricultural organizations to mobilize and coordinate a critical mass of scientific and technical capacity required to create, plan and implement a national program of applied science and technology research and development. They assisted the sector in coping with challenges of technology, organization, and knowledge management while developing new products, practices, and processes that increased their opportunities for profitability and competitiveness.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013.
Documents Types: Data, financial information, correspondence, records of decision, presentations, meeting information and memoranda.

Record Number:

AAFC 4310

Regional Innovation (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to a range of innovation programming administered by the provinces and territories, with the objective of bringing together resources and knowledge from across the three core players (governments, the private sector and academia) of the Innovation system and engaging them collaboratively along the three phases of the Innovation continuum (Discovery Phase, Pre-Commercialization Phase, and the Commercialization and Marketing Phase). The following are eligible initiatives: Agri-Innovation Fora, Science to Support Commercialization of New Innovation Investment Opportunities, and Innovation Commercialization Centres.

Document Types:

Data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published material, reference material, correspondence, meeting agenda, memoranda and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4340

Science to Support Commercialization of New Agri-Based Products (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to funding to accelerate the pre-commercialization of new agri-practices, products and processes by filling the gap in the innovation continuum between the point where a new invention leaves the laboratory and the point where it is ready to enter the marketplace as a commercial product. Support was provided for collaboration between producers, processors, distributors, science providers and the marketplace to ensure all aspects of the value-chain were considered.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2013.

Document Types:

Data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published material, reference material, correspondence, meeting information, memoranda and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4320

Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program that seeks to increase value-added opportunities for the agri-food sector by the innovative use of agricultural bioresources as a result of Research and Development network activities, technology transfer and commercialization of bioproducts and process.

Note:

The program sunsetted March 31, 2011.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, data, educational material, financial information, forms, correspondence, records of decision, planning documents, procedures, presentations, promotional material, published information, requisitions, intellectual property statements, licenses and permits, meeting information, memoranda and organizational material.

Record Number:

AAFC 4260

Animal and Plant Health Research (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to research on plant and animal health focusing on emerging threats to the sector, such as wheat rust and clubroot, and develops risks mitigation strategies and measures adopted by the Canadian agri-food sector. In addition, scientific research supports these efforts by developing new technologies that can be adapted to assist both the on-farm and post-farm sectors with respect to food safety and the protection of the animal and plant resource base.
Documents Types: Agreements, contractual information, data, financial information, correspondence, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, requisitions, reports, intellectual property statements, published material and meeting information.

Record Number:

AAFC 3560

Canadian Bioresources and Genetic Diversity Protection and Conservation (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to increasing the understanding of Canadian bioresources and protection and conservation of their genetic diversity. This consists of conducting basic and applied research to provide factual information on Canadian bioresources; and to acquire advanced knowledge and develop science-based models to predict the behaviour of biological resources in response to changes in the environment and to identify useful products or functions that will contribute to economic prosperity.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, data, educational material, planning documents, procedures, presentations, published information, reference material, requisitions, correspondence, reports, published material and meeting information.

Record Number:

AAFC 3550

Food Safety and Quality Science (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to food safety research at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada that is complementary to the efforts of other federal partners and is focused on the development of food safety strategies and practices to detect, monitor and control hazards throughout the food chain and reduce health risks based on integrated knowledge of production and processing systems with respect to biological and chemical hazards. Food quality research focuses on the development of integrated quality management strategies for maximum quality preservation, value-addition and traceability through practical and scientifically sound approaches linking primary production, post-harvest treatments and storage practices with appropriate food processing technologies. Target groups for food safety research are government regulatory departments, industry and consumers. Target groups for food quality research are industry and consumers.

Document Types:

Data, financial information, correspondence, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published material, reference material, meeting information, memoranda and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 3530

Health and Wellness Attributes of Agri-Food and Agri-Based Products (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the focus on improving the understanding of the link between food, nutrition, health and wellness leading to increased opportunities for agriculture in producing foods and nutraceuticals and other innovative health-related products. The establishment of clear linkages between food and health will support the science base needed for product approvals and provide balanced information to consumers permitting informed choice-making. Target groups are government regulatory departments, industry and consumers.

Note:

The program sunsetted on March 31, 2013
Documents Types: Agreements, contractual information, data, financial information, correspondence, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, reports, intellectual property statements, meeting information and memoranda.

Record Number:

AAFC 4240

Innovative and Sustainable Production Systems (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to research focused on optimizing production while taking into account the need to maintain environmental sustainability. The research spans the continuum from basic to applied science and includes applied research and transferring usable technology directly to the farming sector thus making a direct contribution to farm profitability and maintaining affordable food costs for Canadians. Specific research areas include: development of varieties of economically important crops adapted to changing climate; resistant to diseases and pests; developments of production systems for crops and livestock having characteristics valued by consumers; and reduction of input costs in crops and livestock production through reduced usage of fertilizers, pesticides, energy and labour.
Documents Types: Data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published materials, reference material, correspondence, meeting information, memoranda, reports and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4220

Matching Investment Initiative (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the objective of the Matching Investment Initiative which aims to accelerate the process of technology transfer to the private sector, increase collaboration between government and industry and strengthen Canadian agri-food technology development and commercialization. This is accomplished through collaborative innovative research with industry by funding collaborative initiatives supporting best investment opportunities by matching the industry investment in the selected research projects.

Document Types:

Data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published materials, reference material, correspondence, meeting information, memoranda, reports and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4250

New Opportunities from Bioresources (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to current and new agricultural commodities (that) can be an ongoing source of innovative, commercial products beyond food and feed, including such things as new manufacturing materials, industrial chemicals, energy sources, biochemicals, and health and wellness products. This program consists of scientific research to support the development of innovative commercial products from agriculture beyond food and feed.

Document Types:

Data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published materials, reference material, correspondence, meeting information, memoranda and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4230

Research Evaluation and Science Capacity (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to ensuring consistent application of standards for relevance, excellence and accountability in science. Specific activities include the development and implementation of the comprehensive research evaluation process to ensure scientific excellence and alignment to national priorities. This program also develops and implements strategic policies and plans for science and innovation through consultations with representatives from Canadian producer organizations, processors, provincial and municipal governments, and other stakeholder groups.

Document Types:

Data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, policies and procedures, presentations, published material, reference material, correspondence, meeting information, memoranda and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4270

Security of the Food System Science (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to Security of the Food System Science that contributes to the understanding of the causal agents of potential and emerging threats to the security of the Canadian food production and distribution systems and the behaviour of these agents along the food chain. Specifically, this program advances knowledge, tools and techniques that enhance the security and protection of the food supply, including developing and applying physical and biological systems models to predict the probable spread, behaviour and impact of threats to the security and protection of Canadian food production and distribution systems (examples: pathogens, pests and climate, deliberate or intentional contamination of food). The work of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under this element is complementary to the risk management function of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in providing knowledge and tools for system-based enhancement of food security. Target groups are government regulatory departments, industry, and consumers.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, data, financial information, records of decision, planning documents, presentations, published information, reference material, requisitions, correspondence, reports, intellectual property statements and meeting information.

Record Number:

AAFC 3540

Science Supporting a Competitive Sector (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the development of new knowledge supporting development of products, processes, and practices to enhance the safety of the food system, to enhance security and protection of the food supply, and to enhance economic benefits for all stakeholders. This also includes developing an understanding of Canadian bioresources and protecting and conserving their genetic diversity, enabling the sector to respond to emerging agricultural threats, such as invasive alien species and disease, thereby developing a more sustainable agriculture.

Document Types:

Agreements, contractual information, data, educational material, planning documents, procedures, presentations, correspondence, reference material, reports and agendas and meeting minutes.

Record Number:

AAFC 3545

Science Supporting Agriculture Innovation (formerly known as Science Innovation and Adoption) (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records relating to focused fundamental research and development in support of industry capacity to enhance human health and wellness through food, nutrition and innovative products, and to develop new opportunities for agriculture from bioresources. Records will include documentation related to knowledge, supporting development of processes, products or technologies to accelerate the flow of science and technology results into the innovation continuum.

Document Types:

Data, financial information, applications, assessments, financial records, records of decision, planning documents, policies and procedures, presentations, published material, reference material, correspondence, meeting information, memoranda and organizational information.

Record Number:

AAFC 4275

Innovative Approaches for Technical Assistance (Class of Record)

Description:

Includes records related to the interpretation and transfer of technical information for improved sustainability on agricultural lands. This program improves the technical quality of agri-environmental action on agricultural landscapes and producer decisions on the use of their land, labour and capital through the interpretation and transfer of technical information.

Note:

The program was cancelled as part of budget 2012.

Document Types:

Contracts, statements of work, proposals, evaluation criteria, memoranda, procedures, policies, legal opinions, project plans, statistical reports, agendas and meeting notes.

Record Number:

AAFC 1060

Internal and External Credential Management Services (Personal Information Bank)

Description:

This bank describes information related to identification, authentication and authorization services for validating the credentials of users of the federal on-line environment, including the issuance of Public Key Infrastructure certificates, both anonymous and identity-based certificates. Personal information may include: name, contact information, other identification numbers (for example, encrypted program identifier, meaningless but unique number, revocation reason codes); username, password, email address, Internet Protocol address, and recovery secrets.

Class of Individuals:

Individuals wishing to access items on the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada website that require an authenticated user ID.

Purpose:

Personal information is used to validate and monitor credentials of on-line users of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada systems and applications. Personal information is collected under the authority of section 4 of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Act (as required under the Policy on Government Security).

Consistent Uses:

In the case of suspected security or privacy breaches, information may be shared with departmental security and access to information and privacy officials (see Standard Personal Information Bank Security Incidents and Privacy Breaches-PSU 939). For suspected criminal activity, information may also be disclosed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for investigation purposes - see institution-specific Personal Information Bank Operational Case Records - RCMP PPU 005. Information may also be used to monitor audit trails regarding credential usage, and for evaluation and reporting purposes.

Retention and Disposal Standards:

Credential information will be retained for two years past the last log in, and then destroyed.

RDA Number:

98/001

Record Number:

AAFC 7055

TBS Registration:

20120434

Bank Number:

AAFC PPU 633