AreaCanada

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommodityRapeseed

Date01/06/2020

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionAllocated public funds to a company conducting research on the production of food-grade protein powders from rapeseed.

NotesCANADA – agricultural support measures (rapeseed): The federal Government provided CAD 100 million (USD 74 million) to a Winnipeg-based agricultural processing firm planning to produce food-grade protein powders from peas and rapeseed. (See also MPPU Jan.’18 & Mar./Sep.’19 on related R&D work conducted in Canada and the European Union.)