African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program: Prevention and Preparedness Stream - Step 1. What this program offers

Step 1. What this program offers
Step 2. Who is eligible
Step 3. How to apply
Step 4. After you apply
Applicant guide
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Step 1. What this program offers

Intake period: Closed

The intake period closed on December 1, 2024.

The program ends March 31, 2025.

The African Swine Fever Prevention and Preparedness investment aims to enhance efforts to prevent African swine fever (ASF) from entering Canada and prepare for a potential outbreak.

As part of the investment from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program (ASFIPP) will provide up to $23.4 million over 3 years. The program supports the pork industry to:

address identified gaps in prevention and mitigation efforts
develop the tools, partnerships, and activities needed to ensure the early detection of ASF and an effective emergency response in case of an outbreak

For more information on ASF, please visit the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The ASFIPP offers support under 2 streams:

Prevention and Preparedness Stream
Welfare Slaughter and Disposal Stream

Note: There is a separate application process for the African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program: Welfare Slaughter and Disposal Stream.

What you can receive

The Prevention and Preparedness Stream will provide non-repayable contributions to projects that focus on one or more of the following priorities:

Biosecurity assessment and improvements including wild pig management
Sector analysis, communication and engagement
African swine fever-related research projects

The maximum AAFC contribution for a project will normally not exceed $1 million over 3 years (2022-2023 to 2024-2025).

Eligible provincial/territorial/municipal government applicants may apply for funding up to 60% of total eligible costs. All other eligible applicants may apply for funding up to 85% of total eligible costs.

Total government funding (including federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments or their agencies) will not typically exceed 85% of total eligible costs.