Economic and agri-food innovation potential - The Governments of Canada and Quebec Announce a New Sectoral Development Program
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December 7, 2015 – Quebec City, Quebec – Agriculture and Agri-Food
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC), the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, and the Quebec Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Pierre Paradis, today announced the creation of a new program to enhance the full economic potential of the various agri-food sectors.
More specifically, the purpose of the new Sectoral Development Program is to help the stakeholders of the agri-food sector work together to carry out large-scale collective projects that fall within departmental priorities. The implementation of this program represents an investment of nearly $25 million.
The Program includes four sectoral streams, namely, support for collaboration, support for development, support for innovation in response to priority issues, and support for projects initiated by groups and associations of agricultural producers.
This new program is being implemented under the 2013 Canada−Quebec Growing Forward 2 Agreement. Under this 2013 Agreement, the governments of Canada and Quebec provided $293M in funding over a five-year period. The purpose of this agreement is to support strategic initiatives in innovation, competitiveness and market development for the benefit of both the agricultural sector and the food processing sector.
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"The Government of Canada is committed to supporting a dynamic and innovative agricultural sector. The new Sectoral Development Program provides stakeholders with an opportunity to collaborate on projects that will improve their competitiveness. I am pleased that the federal and provincial governments are working together to strengthen the agriculture and agri-food industry."
- Lawrence MacAulay, Agriculture Minister
"Collaboration among all stakeholders is the core of this new program. Such collaboration is what makes it possible to promote growth-generating projects for the development of the agri-food industry. We must keep in mind that this activity sector is a powerful economic lever that contributes significantly to the vitality of all regions of Quebec."
- Pierre Paradis, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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