Amount:
No Fixed Amount
Type of Program:
Grant
Description:
Funding for Sectors will support agriculture and food value chain partners by offering cost-share funding opportunities to address identified industry priorities and outcomes for Ontario under Economic Development, Environmental Stewardship and Protection and Assurance.
The project categories are: Food safety and traceability, Animal health, Plant health (Protection & Assurance), Soil health and water quality (Environmental Stewardship) and Market development, Technology solutions and Addressing labor supply and training challenges (Economic Development).
Comments on Funding:
Funding is up to 50% of eligible costs.
Funding for eligible capital costs is up to $100,000 per project.
Applicants may request exceptions from the above-mentioned limits if funding for between 51% and 75% of eligible costs, and/or more than $100,000 in funding for eligible capital costs, is essential for a project to be completed successfully. These requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
When It Ends:
Ongoing
Deadline:
January 27, 2020
Eligibility:
Applications Steps:
Completed applications, including all required documentation, should be submitted by email to agpartnership@ontario.ca.
Documentation Needed:
Supporting documentation submitted with the application shows:
Other Things to Note:
- 1The latest application intake for the Place to Grow: Agri-Food Innovation Initiative Funding for Sectors stream is now closed. The Ministry is reviewing applications received by 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 26, 2020. Applicants will be notified once decisions have been finalized.
- 2The COVID-19 outbreak has created challenges for the agri-food sector. OMAFRA has been reviewing all programming under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership ) to ensure it addresses sector needs.
- 3OMAFRA continues to work on enhancing the Place to Grow: Strategic Solutions to better support the sector in recovering from COVID-19 and building resiliency for the future.
