Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Agri-Environmental Support Program (YT)

Description

The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a 5-year, $3 billion investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments to help the agriculture and agri-food processing industry.

• The objective of this program is to support environmental research on vegetation, soil, feed and water quality in agricultural areas.
• Assessing best areas to develop agriculture lands based on soil capability, arability, and irrigability assessment; updating existing and creating new environmental datasets; supporting third-party scientific assessment of soils, habitat, hydrological and water quality functions for the purposes of having a project assessed under the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (YESAA) or to assist in btaining required permits for an agricultural or agri-foods activity; supporting research studies to identify the potential impacts of climate change on Yukon agriculture and recommend ways to adapt to or mitigate these impacts; and supporting workshops to communicate the potential impacts of climate change on Yukon agriculture and address possible solutions to mitigate these impacts.