SeedChange: federal grants and contributions: 4 agreements; $38.1M value; 3 departments; 4 programs.
Assay record ASY-CA-02UXAAC0H3 · Cite as: Assay Systems, “SeedChange: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/seedchange/
The project works at the intersection of women’s rights and climate adaptation. The project aims to empower women and encourage gender-transformative change, through the use of agroecological approaches that encourage equitable production, resource management, and market access. Working in collaboration with women’s rights organizations (WROs) and agricultural-based organizations, support is provided to advance climate adaptation, increase food security, enhance gender equality, reduce sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and improve livelihoods for rural women. The project targets remote
P000953001: This project aims to increase seed, food and economic security for 26,046 small-scale farm households, enhancing the availability of diverse quality food for 153,601 women, men and youth. Over 80% of food consumed in developing countries is produced by small-scale farmers. These producers often cultivate poor land, with under-supported skills and inputs, using crop seed material and practices that are detrimental to environmental sustainability and inappropriate to their local area. This affects agricultural productivity, climate resiliency and livelihoods. The regions targeted by
The objective of this projects is to implement demonstration sites across the country to evaluate and showcase farmer-bred and/or Canadian-grown varieties that thrive in organic and climate resilient farming conditions.
Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.