On June 9, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada hosted a national engagement session for organizations and associations representing growers and farmers affected by the Next Policy Framework to be launched in 2018. \u00a0The day-long session offered participants an opportunity to express what they see as currently working and areas for improvement in the upcoming framework. \u00a0The day was divided in two.\u00a0 Session 1 was called \u201cSetting the Scene: State of Markets, Policies and Sectors\u201d, and Session 2 in the afternoon was titled, \u201cOverview of Growing Forward 2 Structure and Programming\u201d.\u00a0 Each session started with a presentation followed by table discussion with AAFC staff moderating and taking notes.\u00a0 The notes are to be collated into a report to be used in July by AAFC in discussions about the next policy framework.<\/p>\n
Session 1 talked about the current performance of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector and key risks and opportunities facing the sector across areas including international trade, innovation and technology, social license, climate change and labour.\u00a0 In the table discussions that followed, sustainability, climate change, social license and market opportunities seemed to be the most discussed.\u00a0 Other issues that came up and most tables were on-farm succession planning\/youth engagement, the growing middle class in Asia, and CFIA\u2019s diminished role in terms of plant health and food inspection.\u00a0 The issue of labour was discussed surprisingly little.<\/p>\n
In the afternoon the conversation focused on Growing Forward 2, namely what worked and areas for improvement.\u00a0 The presentation highlighted current funding allotments and asked for input on the next policy framework.\u00a0 Also discussed was how priorities have emerged since the launch of Growing Forward 2, namely food processing, environmental and climate change and public trust\/social license.<\/p>\n
Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n Setting the Context for the Day<\/p>\n The State of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-food Sector<\/p>\n Growing Forward 2 Structure and Programming<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On June 9, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada hosted a national engagement session for organizations and associations representing growers and farmers affected by the Next Policy Framework to be launched in 2018. \u00a0The day-long session offered participants an opportunity to express what they see as currently working and areas for improvement in the upcoming framework. \u00a0The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n