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Canada has an extensive range of research centres, food incubators, accelerators and labs supporting food and beverage innovation through the research they do and/or the services they offer. Each week throughout 2023, we’ll be highlighting an organization that’s supporting food innovation in Canada.
Mission: To offer support and funding opportunities to BC companies in the agriculture and food sector.
Focus: IAF delivers programs and services to support the agriculture and agri-food sector in BC.
Services: The foundation offers customized, end-to-end program administration solutions for programs that support operational and environmental concerns of the agriculture and agri-food sector in BC. That includes:
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Planning and implementation
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Program monitoring, evaluation and auditing
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Quality assurance
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Communications and stakeholder engagement
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Training and knowledge-base management
The foundation also helps guide applicants through:
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Guidance on program eligibility and project structure
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Project due diligence and funding decisions
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Writing and executing contracts
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Project assessment and monitoring
What you need to know: IAF has delivered many strategic initiatives through collaboration with government in recent years, including AgriChain, an agriculture specific blockchain, and the Growing Agriculture Trust created in 2021 with $19.3 million in funding available. The sustainable Trust enables AIF to develop programs to help grow agriculture and agri-food in BC.
Notable News: IAF delivers a wide range of funding opportunities through government programs aimed at different sectors of the agriculture, agri-food, and food and beverage processing industries.