| Canadvance Program |
 The
CanAdvance program is now closed and we are no longer accepting
applications.
The CanAdvance program was established in
2005 under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Advancing
Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) Program and administered by
the Agricultural Adaptation Council.
With 305 successful innovative
projects to its credit and an investment of $38.5 million in Ontario’s
agriculture and agri-food industry in five years, CanAdvance, the
AAC’s flagship program came to a close in the fall of 2009.
The
successor, the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) was
launched in the winter of 2009 and offers many funding opportunities
for the agriculture and agri-food sector.
CanAdvance provided
funding for projects that assisted the industry to respond to emerging
issues, share information to advance the sector, and to capture market
opportunities.
The flexibility of the program allowed the AAC to
respond very quickly to industry issues. The AAC demonstrated this
flexibility by delivering specialized Calls for Proposals within the
CanAdvance program to address focused issues based on an identified
industry need under the Growing Capacity Initiative (GCI) and the Food
and Beverage Industry Innovation (FBII) Fund.
The collective
outcome/multi-council component of the CanAdvance program developed
new partnerships and supported collaboration among organizations
across Canada, who faced similar issues and opportunities. The
increased communication among these organizations ultimately reduced
the duplication of funding initiatives and started a new era of
cooperation and information sharing.
To see a list of approved
CanAdvance projects, please click here.
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