Perennial Crop Renewal Program | Stream 2: Removal Projects

“British Columbia. Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC”

$100,000.00

Maximum Eligible Amount

Government Grant

Fund Type

The Perennial Crop Renewal Program (PCRP) is a multi-commodity program that provides cost-shared funding that will be available to BC-based perennial crop producers to remove unproductive, diseased, or unmarketable cultivars; and to adopt growing systems that are better suited to environmental conditions and market demands, based on sector-specific opportunities. Funding will also be available to perennial crop associations and stakeholder groups to conduct sector development projects that evaluate or define agronomic and market opportunities.

STREAM 2: Removal Projects

To be considered eligible for this stream, an applicant must be located in the Province of British Columbia and must be a perennial food crop producer. The applicant must be the owner or lessee of the land.

Note: The owner (and in the case of leased property, both owner and lessee) of the land must agree to plant removal.

Program Objective

To support farmers to adapt to environmental and market conditions by diversifying, renovating, or expanding production.
To support agricultural sectors to evaluate and define agronomic and market opportunities.

Program Goal

To increase the competitiveness and resiliency of the BC agri-food economy in domestic and global markets.