Alberta Pork Producer Development Corporation

$1,103,274.00 CAD

≈ 14 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Program
African/swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program: Prevention and Preparedness Stream
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2023-2024
Agreement period
April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2025
Reference
aafc-aac:235-2023-2024-Q2-00029

Published purpose

This project aims to support the Alberta pork industry in the event that African Swine Fever (ASF) arrives in Canada. Specifically, Alberta Pork is seeking to implement new approaches to: producer education on ASF; biosecurity; eradication of wild boar at large, biocontainment; and, equipment and training for on-farm response for field staff in industry, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Alberta Government that will be faced with containing and stamping out the disease.

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