BC Agriculture and Food Export Program Intake
We are pleased to announce the next intake of the BC Agriculture and Food Export Program, a province-wide marketing program aimed at increasing sales, reducing market risk, and enhancing the long-term sustainability of B.C.’s agriculture, food and beverage exporters.
B.C.’s food and beverage producers, processors and industry associations can now apply for project funding from this Program. The Program provides cost-shared funding to undertake market development activities outside of B.C., enabling sector businesses and associations to maintain, expand and/or diversify export markets. The Program is a part of B.C.’s Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership programming; a five-year, $3.5B investment by federal-provincial-territorial governments, to strengthen and grow the agriculture and food sector. Funding is administered on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food by MNP LLP (‘Program Management’).
Applications will be accepted under this new intake starting January 8, 2024, up until 16:00 PST on February 2, 2024.
For BC Agriculture and Food Export Program application and eligibility details, visit: www.bcagricultureandfoodexportprogram.ca
An information session will be held on January 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM PST and will also be recorded and posted to the website shortly thereafter. Please register for the webinar here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xDrh76uUTgmvebUKLCoqeA
Here are the important Program dates:
Application Intake Opens | January 8, 2024 |
Program Information Session (Online Webinar) | January 10, 2024 |
Application Intake Closes | February 2, 2024 at 16:00 PST |
Application Review | February 5 to March 29, 2024 |
Anticipated Project Start Date | April 1, 2024 |
Project Completion Deadline | March 1, 2025 |
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at admin@bcagricultureandfoodexportprogram.ca.