Broker Program
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Program objective
To create and support "broker" organizations and activities working between the agricultural sector, industry, government and universities to accelerate the identification of new strategic innovation opportunities.
Expected results of the program
The program will:
- strengthen existing and support the creation of new value chains;
- identify new and differentiated agricultural commodities for use in a wide range of new products and markets;
- strengthen the identification and adoption of new innovations by brokering between the agricultural sector, universities, government and industry
- support the identification and development of new strategic innovation opportunities that combine knowledge and science to transform commodities to address newly identified market opportunities; and
- identify products derived from agricultural inputs which move producers/rural communities up the value chain and increase their share of agri-sector income;
Time frame for program
The program is operational and will end March 31, 2008.
For more information
Provincial/territorial contacts
or contact:
L. Heslop
Director, APF Science and Innovation
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa, ON K1A 0C5
Tel: 613-759-7798
Fax: 613-759-7797
E-mail: heslopl@agr.gc.ca
Funded under the Agricultural Policy Framework , a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.