Government Funding Resources Available to the Specialty Bird Producers

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Government Funding Resources Available to the
Specialty Bird Producers

• AAFC and BC MAL

Elise Legendre Marketing and Trade Officer BC
Regional Office
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Overview

• Poultry Industry Initiative
• National ACAAF
• IAF
• CAIS
• Conclusion

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• In March 2005, BC Poultry Association (BCPA) was
  granted 1.5M by BC MAL to support initiatives
  that enhance biosecurity in the poultry industry.
• To access funds, BCPA had to develop a strategic
  plan.

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• The BC Poultry Industry Biosecurity Emergency
  Response Strategic Plan 2005-2007 has 4 goals
• The BC Poultry industry has a mandatory and
  auditable Biosecurity Program in place to enhance
  protection against an infectious disease outbreak
  by 2007

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• The BC poultry industry has an emergency
  response management plan in place to handle an
  infectious disease outbreak by 2007
• An effective and comprehensive risk management
  is in place to provide fair compensations to
  producers in the event of an infectious disease
  outbreak by 2007

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• The Poultry Industry Advisory Management
  Committee (IAMC) has the resources to ensure that
  the strategies in the BC Poultry Industry
  Biosecurity / Emergency Response Strategic Plan
  are delivered in an effective and coordinated
  manner
• IAMC is the advisory committee that manages the
  plan includes rep from across the industry

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• In January 2006, AAFC through the National
  Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food
  Program (ACAAF) granted an extra 1.5M to the
  initiative to support on-farm biosecurity
  initiatives (OFBI).
• The money was granted to Investment Agriculture
  Foundation (IAF)

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• OFBI support projects that meet these 3
  objectives
• Actively engage the poultry sector to contribute
  to the development and adoption of improved
  biosecurity protocols
• Expand the poultry sectors capacity to prevent
  and respond to zoonotic disease infections in
  commercial and non-commercial flock and
• Integrate sector-led piloted and tested projects
  into future initiatives.

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• OFBI is a national pilot project initiative that
  is being conducted in BC, Qc and Ont.
• BC is the only province where direct assistance
  to producer is allowed in the context of the
  OFBI.

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• Direct assistance is subject to the following
  limits
• No more than 50 of the total grant (750K)
• No more than 30 of eligible cost up to 5K
• Incremental costs only
• No other source of assistance for these costs
• Reimburse only once the producer has demonstrated
  full compliance with a recognized mandatory
  biosecurity standard

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Poultry Industry Initiative

• Proposal to IAMC for a Biosecurity Coordinator
  for the Specialty Bird project was accepted in
  principle.
• To hire a biosecurity coordinator to develop
  appropriate biosecurity protocols to address the
  specificities of the specialty bird producers
  operations. Those protocols would stem from the
  basic mandatory standards identified for the
  industry

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National ACAAF

• The overall aim of ACAAF is to position Canadas
  agriculture and agri-food sector at the leading
  edge. The program has 4 objectives
• Expand the sectors capacity to respond to
  current and emerging issues.
• Position the sector to capture market
  opportunities.

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National ACAAF

• Actively and continuously engage the sector to
  contribute to future agriculture and agri-food
  policy directions.
• Integrate sector-led projects tested and piloted
  under ACAAF into future government or industry
  initiatives.

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Investment Agriculture Foundation

• The Foundation's areas of interest are as diverse
  as BC agriculture itself. We are interested in
  strategies, plans, programs and projects which
  will help the agri-food industry adapt, diversify
  and grow. Applications which can lead to lasting
  change are important considerations.

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Investment Agriculture Foundation

• IAF supports ideas which
• help capture marketplace opportunities
• enhance food safety and quality
• promote environmentally sound practices
• increase competitiveness
• strengthen rural development
• increase human resource capabilities and
• develop co-operation, strategic alliances and
  partnerships.

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Investment Agriculture Foundation

• Investment Agriculture Foundation
• PO Box 8248Victoria, BC V8W 3R9
• Phone [phone]Fax [phone]Email
  info_at_iafbc.ca
• Website www.iafbc.ca

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Canadian Agriculture IncomeStabilization Program
(CAIS)

• The objective of the CAIS program is to help
  producers manage risks that result in both large
  and small decreases in income.
• The program is expected to
• provide a whole farm stabilization and disaster
  mitigation approach

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Canadian Agriculture IncomeStabilization Program
(CAIS)

• provide equitable treatment for all producers,
  regardless of the commodities they produce
• assist in dealing with short-term income
  fluctuations as a result of risks outside a
  producer's control
• manage risks that threaten the future
  profitability of farm operations
• increase farm income stability and
• increase the producer's ability to manage
  agricultural risks.

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Canadian Agriculture IncomeStabilization Program
(CAIS)

• The CAIS Program AdministrationP.O. Box 3200 ,
  Station MainWinnipeg , MB R3C 5R7Tel
  (toll-free) 1 866 367-8506Fax [phone]Web
  site http//www.agr.gc.ca/caisprogram/main.html

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Conclusion

• There are programs and funding available.
• Projects that support industry-wide initiative
  are usually favored.
• There is a strong interest in both the provincial
  and the federal government to support
  industry-led initiative.

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Q A

Thank you!