Canadian Agriculture and Food Research Effectiveness and Competitiveness

This report evaluates the trends in public and private sector investments in agri-food research from 2013 to 2023, with a focus on identifying funding priorities across key research areas. Additionally, the report examines the alignment of research funding with agriculture programs and frameworks defined by the Canadian government. Specifically, it compares the funding priorities during the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) and Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP) periods. These two regimes exhibited distinct research funding trends, and this report evaluates the alignment of these funding trends with the programs and strategies outlined under each regime. The report also provides a jurisdictional scan of Research and Development (R&D) policies and programs in selective OECD countries, as well as trends in expenditure in these countries.

By Sabrina Gulab and Guillaume Lhermie.