Bugs to the rescue

Bugs to the rescue

Produce growers using insects to fight crop pests

Growers are increasingly under pressure to minimize or even eliminate the use of pesticides in horticulture, so they’re in need of new tools that will protect their crops from both yield loss and cosmetic damage that could make produce unsellable in the marketplace.



Canada needs innovation, extension, unity to overcome risk

The ability of the agriculture sector to manage risk examined at recent CAPI policy exchange event

Canadian farmers, agricultural businesses, and others must speak with a united voice, and think hard about what they need to succeed in a more chaotic world, according to panelists at a Ag Policy Exchange hosted by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.

Wanted: Farmers interested in innovation

Wanted: Farmers interested in innovation

Bioenterprise Canada wants farmers to participate in an advisory group to help connect tech innovation to implementation

Bioenterprise Canada is looking for farmers from across the country to join its new farmer innovation advisory group to help innovators and other stakeholders can get a better understanding of farming challenges and solutions that could help on the farm.



Recent reports on innovation echo the same recommendations put forth in a 2017 report by Dominic Barton, a former chair of a federal advisory council on economic growth.

A national vision for agri-food innovation

Several recent reports have identified key barriers. Will they drive the change that innovations need to succeed?

Despite its resources, strength in primary production, and agricultural research investments, Canada lags when it comes to bringing innovation to market, not even cracking Bloomberg’s global top 20 list.

Bioenterprise CEO Dave Smarden, left, and innovation director Michael McGee deliver recommendations to increase output and lower inputs, while speaking at the Bioenterprise National Call to Action for agri-technology in Ottawa Nov. 25.

Investors and farmers are worlds apart

Lack of knowledge, few connections means not enough dollars flow into agriculture, say speakers

The insular nature of Canadian agriculture is one of its biggest innovation challenges, said speakers at a recent agriculture event. Growth will thrive when connections are made, collaborations are struck, and investors are found to put up the dollars needed to take a concept and make it reality, but there’s not enough of any of those things, according to speakers at Bioenterprise’s National Call to Action in Ottawa Nov. 25.