Smart Agriculture and Food Digitalization and Automation Challenge

How the program works

Smart technologies for this program include but are not limited to:

• Development of new applications for digitalization of the agri-food sector. Examples include using artificial intelligence to develop data-driven decision models, and remote monitoring systems for farms and food manufacturing.
• Autonomous systems and prototype development that reduce costs and/or improve quality and safety of agriculture and food products.
• Development and validation of new smart technologies and solutions to mitigate the impact of biotic and abiotic stress, and increase farm productivity and supply chain functionality.

Technologies out of the scope of this program include:

• Conventional agriculture research, including biotechnology, agronomy, demonstration and adaptation research.
• Marketing or new agri-food product development.
• Projects focusing solely on the reduction of greenhouse emissions, mitigation, abatement or sequestration.

Increasing agri-food production to feed the world

Agriculture plays a pivotal role around the globe, delivering nourishment, contributing to economic growth and trade, and providing livelihoods for billions of people. But food systems are strained by the need to feed a growing global population while also adapting to shifting consumer demands, changing regulations and environmental concerns.

As a key contributor to Canada’s agri-food industry, Alberta can have a tremendous impact by sustainably increasing agri-food production through the development and application of innovative technologies.

The Smart Agriculture and Food Digitalization and Automation Challenge (SAFDAC) supports projects to develop or advance smart technologies to increase productivity, reduce production costs or increase the value of Alberta’s agri-food commodities. Funding is available to projects that provide solutions to challenges faced by the province’s agri-food sector and which clearly demonstrate social, economic and environmental benefits.

Smart technologies in this program include but are not limited to innovation opportunities for:

• Digital transformation of the agri-food sector.
• Autonomous systems throughout the agri-food value chain.
• Development and validation of new smart technologies and solutions.

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