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University of Guelph president Dr. Franco Vaccarino (right) and Ontario Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal sign a new research partnership agreement, with Guelph-area MPP Liz Sandals. (John Greig photo)

Ontario, U of Guelph renew ag research partnership

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Up to $713 million in agriculture research will be funded at the University of Guelph over the next 10 years through a renewal of the university’s agreement with the provincial ag ministry. The new agreement has been updated to manage digital data and is aimed to provide a base from which to leverage more research
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Plant protein supercluster makes cut for federal funding

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At the table with artificial intelligence, big data, advanced manufacturing and ocean-based energy, Prairie pulse, oilseed and cereal crops are in for a share of federal support to spur innovation in Canada. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains on Thursday announced Protein Industries Canada (PIC) as one of five “superclusters” which will receive
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Ontario, Canada sign $1.5 billion CAP agreement

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The Canadian and Ontario governments have signed an agreement that will see $1.5 billion of Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) money available to be spent in the province. Ontario Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal said the five-year program will start April 3, which, he added, will mean a seamless transition between the current federal-provincial agriculture and food
Finance Minister Bill Morneau was at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba to speak about how Innovation Superclusters could impact agriculture.
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Funding available to collaborative projects

Government aims to push agriculture to industry value of $75 billion by the year 2025

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The federal government has announced it will spend $950 million on what it’s calling an “Innovation Superclusters Initiative” to advance sectors like infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and agriculture. While Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains made the announcement near Ottawa last week, Finance Minister Bill Morneau was at the University of Manitoba to “highlight”
Science gets profile, few details, in budget
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Science gets profile, few details, in budget

Any attention paid to research is good for agriculture, says 
the CEO of the Agriculture Institute of Canada

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The recent federal budget gives science and research more attention than usual — but details on new funding remain to be decided on, says Serge Buy, CEO of the Agriculture Institute of Canada. The budget did allocate $80 million over five years to replace the Centre for Plant Health in Sidney, B.C. with a new
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SRDC puts crosshairs on innovation

The Southwest Regional Development Corporation 
is looking to get creative with rural development

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The two words used most at a regional development meeting in Brandon last week were “innovation” and “challenges.” The Southwest Regional Development Corporation (SRDC) met in Brandon April 6 for its annual conference. The organization is still recovering from funding cuts in 2012, when the provincial government cut off funds to seven rural and northern
Sandra Schillo, a management specialist from the University of Ottawa, says it’s time to listen to more viewpoints in agriculture research.
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More collaborative research model urged

Input from more stakeholders would mean greater and faster innovation for the agriculture sector

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It’s time for agriculture research to break out of its pipeline approach and look for new ideas wherever it can find them. That means upending the old model where ‘good’ scientific research basically saw data go in, lab work happen, and eventually a new product come out. Now it’s time for that same research to
Canada trailing in science-based innovation
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Canada trailing in science-based innovation

Governments and industry share responsibility to increase investment in innovation

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Canada has fallen behind many of its global competitors when it comes to science-based innovation in its key economic sectors, says a federal advisory panel. The greatest failure has been “in private-sector investment in research and development,” said a new report from the Science Technology Innovation Council (STIC). “Despite ongoing efforts to improve Canada’s lagging

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