A federal funding announcement for Canada’s Canola Cluster aims to drive the sustainable growth of Canada’s canola industry.
The $9 million comes from the AgriScience Program-Clusters Component, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (S-CAP).
“This new canola cluster will build on the great work of the previous one, which I was proud to announce here a few years ago,” federal agriculture minister Lawrence McCauley said at the news conference where the funding announcement was made.
“It will support research into improving yields, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, increasing carbon sequestration, improving soil and water quality and creating new uses for canola.”