Called the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP, it includes $569 million for “strategic initiatives” which is 25 per cent more than the previous five-year deal.
There will also be about $1.2 billion to continue business risk management programs such as crop insurance and AgriStability.
There is a new Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program (RALP) aimed at mitigating climate change and supporting the agricultural sector in better addressing sustainability.
That new program is in keeping with the shift of research priorities to climate issues for scientists working for the federal agriculture department.
