Enhancing the field vegetable sector in Canada

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1 Enhancing the field vegetable sector in Canada Science and Technology Branch Canadian Horticultural Council AGM Vegetable Committee 10 March

2 Our decisions are guided by the Sector Strategies. 2

3 We ve described how we ll meet those objectives in each of our 9 most important sectors. 3

4 We deliver our Sector Strategies in a national organization Coastal Region Prairie Region Ontario-Quebec Region Agassiz Morden 4

5 We deliver our Sector Strategies in a national organization Research Centres supporting Horticulture Coastal Region Prairie Region Ontario-Quebec Region Agassiz Morden 5

6 managed by a national team by region AAFC Minister Lawrence MacAulay Deputy Minister Andrea Lyon Assistant Deputy Minister Brian T. Gray Associate ADM Gilles Saindon DG Partnerships and Planning Directorate Michael Whittaker DG Coastal Region Christiane Deslauriers DG Prairies Region A / Javier Garcia-Garza DG Ontario-Quebec Region Denis Petitclerc Director, Integrated Planning & Reporting John Sharpe RDT Director- Agassiz, Summerland Joyce Boye RDT Director Alberta A / Francois Eudes RDT Director Ottawa Michèle Marcotte Director, International Engagement Robert Patzer RDT Director Fredericton, Charlottetown Eric Van Bochove RDT Director Saskatchewan Felicitas Katepa-Mupondwa RDT Director Harrow, London Della Johnston Director, Science Coordination Division Ian Campbell Director, Office of Intellectual Property & Commercializat n Nancy Gardner RDT Director- St-John s, Kentville Benoit Girard Director, Pest Management Centre Manjeet Sethi RDT Director Manitoba A/ Scott Duguid RDT Director Guelph, Saint-Hyacinthe, St- Jean-sur-Richelieu A / Alain Houde RDT Director Sherbrook, Québec A / Marcos Alvarez 6

7 and by sector strategy. AAFC Minister Lawrence MacAulay Deputy Minister Andrea Lyon Assistant Deputy Minister Brian T. Gray Associate ADM Gilles Saindon DG Partnerships and Planning Directorate Michael Whittaker CHAMPION HORT, APH, BIODIVERSITY, BIOPRODUCTS Christiane Deslauriers CHAMPION-CEREALS &PULSES, BEEF&FORAGES A / Javier Garcia-Garza CHAMPION-AGRI-FOOD, DAIRY, OILSEEDS Denis Petitclerc Director, Integrated Planning & Reporting John Sharpe LEAD-AGRI-FOOD Joyce Boye LEAD-FORAGES & BEEF A / Francois Eudes LEAD-BIODIVERSITY & BIORESOURCES Michèle Marcotte Director, International Engagement Robert Patzer LEAD-AGRI-ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY & HEALTH Eric Van Bochove LEAD-CEREALS & PULSES Felicitas Katepa-Mupondwa LEAD-HORT-VEGETABLES & POTATO Della Johnston Director, Science Coordination Division Ian Campbell Director, Office of Intellectual Property & Commercializat n Nancy Gardner LEAD-HORT-FRUITS, BIOPRODUCTS Benoit Girard Director, Pest Management Centre Manjeet Sethi LEAD-OILSEEDS Ranjana Sharma LEAD-DAIRY, PORK & OTHER LIVESTOCK A / Alain Houde RDT Director Sherbrook, Québec A / Marcos Alvarez 7

8 Agri-Food Agro-Ecosystem Productivity and Health Forages & Beef Biodiversity and Bioresources Cereals & Pulses Dairy, Pork and Other Livestock Horticulture Oilseeds Bioproducts Areas of Focus for Projects Starting in with A-base and/or GF2 Funds Focus Areas P E A T Productivity Environment Attributes Threats 8

9 A-base call is one part of the overall investment It aligns with and complements: GF2 Stream A: Research Accelerating Innovation Vote 1 directly to AAFC GF2 Stream B: Industry-led Research, Development and Knowledge Transfer Vote 1 and Vote 10 Agri-Science Clusters and Projects Pest Management Centre work Pesticide Risk Reduction Program Other research ongoing from previous years 9

10 The Challenge AAFC is a national, publicly funded entity; In all our sector strategies we consider : Productivity + Environmental sustainability + Attributes + Threats to the value chain; It is important that we: Ensure results reach all regions where the crop is significant Reflect an emphasis on the public good (e.g. sustainability, adaptation to climate change) Work collaboratively and appropriately distribute risks between the public and private sectors 10

11 Planning for the future building more robust innovation systems through partnerships 11

12 The Field Vegetable Context This highly diverse industry exists in all provinces Significant in ON, QC, BC Increased demand for local production health and nutrition: New Health Canada Claim re heart diseases Half Your Plate campaign (CPMA) Only 40% of Canadian are eating 5 servings/day Increased imports of vegetables declining domestic market share New diseases and pests Pesticide residues vs Social license Field Vegetable Average Farm Cash Receipt Others include 23 vegetables crops listed in the CANSIM Database. 12

13 VALUE CHAIN MODEL Building more robust innovation systems through partnerships Germplasm development and genomics Variety Evaluation & Finishing Production & Protection Post-harvest Agri-Food Bioproducts Who is best able to deliver? AAFC Universities Provinces Private Sector (for-profit and Not-For-Profit) Critical mass Networking of scientists Marketing CONSUMER 13

14 VALUE CHAIN MODEL A RDT mapping exercise by region: example using field vegetable activities Performer BC Prairies ON QC Maritimes Germplasm Developme nt and Genomics AAFC Universities Provinces Private Sector Saskatoon: Plant Gene Resources of Canada U of Guelph : asparagus and processing tomato (incl. Genomics) VRIC: sweet potato, pepper and cucumber AAFC Variety Evaluation & Finishing Universities Provinces Private Sector Production Protection & Post- Harvest AAFC Universities Provinces Private Sector Summerland: post-harvest; Agassiz in IPM, MUP sites Cropconsult and ICMS: T- IPM; Elmhirst Diagn.&Res. in protection Saskatoon: insect virology, and MUP site at Scott, SK. U. of Sask. : production, IPM; U. of AL -Food eng. process, consumer science ICMS (AB, SK, MB): activities in IPM, production. Harrow: weeds in tomato. MUP sites in Harrow and Vineland U of Guelph: diseases, insect and weed control. OMAF/MRA: DT on production and protection St-Jean: protection, model, precision hort, post-harvest. Major MUP site Laval U. (attributes) &. McGill U. (irrigation): production, protection IRDA: IPM, weeds, crop safety and irrigation Phytodata, CRAM and CIEL : DT activities in protection and production, IPM Kentville: post-harvest, IPM, MUP site; In St. John, insects on Cole crops. U. Dalhousie : Environmental stress (carrots and rhubarb) NB-DAAF: organics and IPM 14

15 Strong partnerships informed by end-users recognizing the players in the larger innovation system Farmers AAFC Private organizations Input suppliers Reduced fertilizers and pesticides Adaptation to climate change Universities Basic and applied research Development and technology transfer Technology evaluation & Commercialisation End-users Commodity/Partnership levy - Research priorities - Public good & knowledge - Accelerated adoption 15

16 Examples of areas of national expertise Pest biovigilance study the complex relationships between cultivated plants, pests and their natural enemies and biological/chemical/physical/cultural methods of control Anticipation and early detection of pest problems and implementation of appropriate mitigation strategies (avoid useless pesticides) Based on advanced knowledge on genomic, ecology and epidemiology, and modeling (e.g. CIPRA) Precision horticulture Use high-spatial-density data to make production decision Support decision of highly diverse and intense hort crops with specific water/nutrients requirement and weeds/pest constraints 5R s - apply the Right Input at the Right Time in the Right Amount in the Right Manner and at the Right Place. Precision plant protection: weed, disease and insect pests Precision fertilization input use: e.g. SCAN for nitrogen 16

17 Building more robust innovation systems through partnerships Strengthening the link and participation of key performers along the horticulture value chain Key points: Linkages between VCRTs, Clusters and AIP, other sources Preparing for the future: Building on what is working, adjusting where we need to Using the mechanisms available such as next policy framework Bring cohesion, delivering science where the production is significant Engaging more specifically on particular commodities/issues Involving the right participants, developing the plans, dividing the work 17

18 Thank you! For more information contact: DG Champion - Horticulture Della.Johnston@AGR.GC.CA, Science Strategy Lead - Greenhouse and field vegetables, potato Sylvie.Jenni@AGR.GC.CA, Partnerships- Horticulture 18