AreaCanada

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommodityRapeseed

Date01/05/2017

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentSector development measures

DescriptionSet up a public-private research partnership to develop advanced high-yielding rapeseed varieties, with a view to uphold the competitiveness of the country’s rapeseed sector.

NotesA public-private research partnership to develop advanced high-yielding rapeseed varieties has been set up in Canada, in a bid to uphold the competitiveness of the country’s rapeseed sector. The new platform will operate under Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) and is set to benefit from co-funding by the provincial Government of Ontario.