Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT)
$100,000
Grant
Description:
The Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) program provides funding to help producer groups and First Nations communities demonstrate and evaluate new agricultural practices and technologies at the local level. The results of successful trials can then be adopted by agricultural operations in the region.
Comments on Funding:
Funding is awarded on a competitive basis.
1. Each producer group or organization is eligible for funding of up to $13,000 per site, per project, for crop related projects to a maximum of $80,000 per year
2. Each producer group or organization is eligible for funding up to $20,000 per site, per project, for livestock projects to a maximum of $100,000 per year with recognizing the higher cost of having live animals in the project.
Funding will be awarded for projects with a one-year duration. Exceptions will be considered for demonstrations requiring more than one year to complete, such as biennial or perennial crops.
June 7 November 22 Annually
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
1. Incorporated Saskatchewan-based producer groups
2. This would include but is not limited to:
• Agri-ARM groups;
• Indigenous communities; and
• Commodity groups.
Eligible costs include:
• All direct project costs;
• Administration costs up to five per cent; and
• Field day costs to a maximum of $1,000 (if part of funded demonstration project).
Application Steps:
Applicants must:
1. Request application forms that are available only by emailing evaluation.coordinator@gov.sk.ca.
Documentation Needed:
No specific documentation has been identified
Other Things to Note:
Applicants from Indigenous communities, please consider connecting with a member of the Building and Strengthening Indigenous Supports (BASIS) team before submitting your application to help ensure your application is eligible and applicable under the ADOPT program.
Project evaluation criteria includes:
• Relevance of the project at the local level;
• Producer involvement;
• Indigenous community involvement;
• Potential impact and probability of adoption;
• Project promotion plan; and
• Ability of the applicant to complete the project.
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