Overview

• What the Agricultural Policy Framework is about
• What governments are working towards
• What the next steps will be

Agriculture Ministers agree on priority elements of the policy framework...

• Food Safety and Food Quality
• Environment
• Science and Innovation
• Renewal
• Business Risk Management

...to ensure sustained sector growth and profitability

• Food Safety and Food Quality
• Environment
• Science and Innovation
• Renewal
• Business Risk Management

Gaining recognition of Canada at home and abroad as the best in the world

Getting maximum results from the new framework

• Securing recognition for Canada's achievements
  • safety and environmental sustainability of production
  • capacity to deliver on specific quality attributes
  • continuous innovation
• Ensuring industry can get its products into foreign markets

A comprehensive branding campaign will be developed

• Aimed at key, fast-growing markets
• With consistent branding messages
• That advance trade interests of sector
• And demonstrate international leadership on technical trade issues

In support of the APF, the federal government has announced the following funding

New federal funding - 5.2 Billion Funding for the APF - 3.4 Billion
Special transition funding:
2002-03 - 600 Million
2003-04 - 600 Million
Accelerating the benefits of the APF - 589 Million

• Drought measures
• Environmental action
• Tools to improve global market access for Canadian products
• Innovation
• Rural development and cooperatives

Agriculture is based on innovation

• Science and innovation focused on meeting needs and priorities of Canadians
• Advances in science are providing new opportunities
• Science can enhance each step along the value chain

Science and innovation are key to agriculture's future

• Effectively applying science and innovation across the APF elements will help Canada achieve...
  • World leadership in environmentally responsible agricultural production
  • World leadership in food safety and food quality
  • Global consumer confidence
  • Increased profitability and growth through new economic opportunities and enhanced investor confidence

Advances in science offer the potential for growth

• Create new products and processes
• Move to renewable from non-renewable resources
• Address environmental challenges
• Protect and advance human health

Governments and industry working together will achieve the following goals

• Realigning public science resources
  • realigning and increasing science investments sourced from outside the agriculture sector
• Realignment of AAFC research resources already undertaken in support APF priorities:
  • Food safety and quality
  • Health of the environment
  • Sustainable production systems
  • Bioproducts and bioprocesses

Governments and industry working together will achieve the following goals

• Coordinating science efforts
  • creating value chains among all players to take the results of knowledge from the lab through to the marketplace
  • expanding and strengthening links with the scientific community
  • improving technology transfer, coordination and communication

Governments and industry working together will achieve the following goals

• Creating a climate for innovation
  • accelerating adoption of innovation, but maintain sound science
  • ensuring science human resources needs are met
  • fostering a supportive climate for investment
  • better using intellectual property to enhance growth

Progress measured through changes in investment levels, the degree of coordination along the value chain, and extent of innovation in the sector

Progress to date and next steps

• A majority of provinces have signed on to the APF
• Negotiations on programming and implementation details ongoing
• The APF is slated for implementation April 1, 2003
• Programs will be implemented as they are finalized through to 2008