Agriculture Development Fund

The ADF provides project funding of over $10 million per year on a competitive basis to researchers in public and private research and development. The funding is provided to create future growth opportunities and to enhance the competitiveness of the provincial agriculture industry. This investment results in new knowledge, information and choices of technologies for producers and food processors, including feed and nutrition information for ranchers, and new crop cultivars and production information for farmers. 

The Ministry's focus for research and development investments is the long-term sustainability of the agriculture sector in Saskatchewan. Therefore, the Ministry has taken an outcome based approach, targeting ADF to achieve the following outcomes:

• New crops and/or cultivars meeting market demands and consumer preferences
• Increased livestock competitiveness
• Optimized livestock feeding systems
• New and innovative food, bioproducts, and processing technologies
• Improved food quality
• Innovative and sustainable farming systems and practices
• Enhanced adaptive capacity of the Provincial soil and ecosystem resources
• Utilization of biotechnology to enhance agriculture and value-added production
• Decreased agricultural production risks

In addition to the above mentioned outcomes, the ministry has also identified some specific outputs and priorities for each of the 15 SRP chairs.

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Agriculture Development Fund details

Summary of ADF Approved Projects: