The Build in Canada Innovation Program is one program inventors can consider
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
Are you an innovator? Or someone that likes to tinker? Do you have products lying on your table that could benefit the entire ag industry but are unsure about how to get them to market?
The Government of Canada can help you bring your ideas to market through a series of programs including the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP).
The BCIP helps bridge the gap between inventor and commercial sales by awarding contracts to entrepreneurs through open, transparent, competitive and fair procurement processes, tests and provides feedback about the products and provides innovators with a chance to enter the marketplace.
“Many smaller Canadian companies that have developed new and innovative products and technologies struggle to find buyers due to the higher risks associated with untested products,” Landry Kayembe, an analyst with the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises, said in an email to Farms.com. “BCIP helps companies improve their goods and services, and prepares them to move towards commercialization.”
There are a variety of technologies that could receive government assistance, including agrifood nanotechnology, products that support the provision of information on food and food supply, and technologies that contribute to the capture, avoidance and monitoring of greenhouse gases.
More information can be found by visiting the BCIP website.