Halifax, Nova Scotia – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Nova Scotia farmers are encouraged to apply for innovation support through $1.2 million proposal-based programs.
The support is available through the Innovation theme of Growing Forward 2 in Nova Scotia.
Quick facts
- The innovation theme of Growing Forward 2 supports and promotes a market-oriented, consumer-driven agriculture industry by investing in initiatives that will improve the competitiveness and profitability of Nova Scotia's agriculture, agri-food and agri-based product sector.
- The innovation programs are funded under Growing Forward 2, the five-year framework agreement for agriculture which is cost-shared 60-40 between the federal and provincial governments.
- Funding is available under three initiatives: research acceleration, farm innovation, and agri-products innovation and commercialization.
- Working together, these three initiatives ensure Nova Scotia will remain competitive in the future by investing in innovation. The research acceleration initiative allows the industry to flush out a concept and adapt it to the Nova Scotia agriculture and agri-food industry. The farm innovation takes the research to the next level and tests it out on the farm. The agri-products innovation and commercialization helps take that next step to a commercial product.
- Spurr Brothers Farms has used the programs twice in previous years, to purchase specialized equipment for harvesting apples and producing local garlic.
Source: AAFC