AreaCanada

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommoditySoybeans

Date01/01/2019

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentSector development measures

DescriptionLaunched a five-year programme to promote innovation and research in soybean, as part of the country’s public-private Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The initiative is aimed at achieving sustainable productivity increases in the country’s soybean industry, while widening the crop’s geographic range.

NotesIn Canada, a new 5-year programme to promote innovation and research in soybean has been launched as part of the public-private Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The initiative is expected to help the country’s soybean industry to become more productive and elastic, while widening the crop’s geographic range and benefiting the environment. The programme will be implemented under the lead of the Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance.