“Digital tools are already revolutionizing the way food is being produced worldwide, including here at home,” said EMILI Manager, Public Policy and Stakeholder Engagement Kyle Volpi Hiebert. “That leaves Canada with a stark choice: actively shape and accelerate this transition, or risk falling behind peers who move more decisively.”
At a Digital Crossroads follows a 2025 report produced by CAPI and EMILI undertaken to assess the state of digital agriculture in Canada and common barriers to on-farm adoption of new technologies. This new report builds off that work by expanding its scope to identify how gains in primary production will only translate into stronger performance if they are matched by increased digital capacity in processing and throughout the broader supply chain.
“Global and regional uncertainty are now an entrenched feature of the operating environment for the Canadian agri-food industry,” said Volpi Hiebert. “We hope this work can contribute insights to inform important policy conversations taking place right now related to the next agricultural policy framework (2028-2033) that will replace the current Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (S-CAP).”
Improving on-farm adoption rates is absolutely critical. But on its own, it’s an insufficient means to successfully transition Canada’s agri-food sector to where it needs to be to maintain competitiveness and resilience in the twenty-first century.
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