AgriMarketing Program: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Component

Deadline: 30 September 2022

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is seeking applications for its AgriMarketing Program: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Component to provide targeted support to companies for international initiatives.

Under this component, funding will be available to help implement international export plans, which include promotional and market development activities.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants under the AgriMarketing Program: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Component are for-profit organizations operating in the agriculture, agri-food and agri-products industry including fish and seafood. They include:
- businesses and corporations
- co-operatives
- Indigenous groups
Small and medium-sized enterprises must:
- be directly involved in growing, harvesting, processing or otherwise transforming or consolidating their products
- have up to 250 employees
- have annual revenues below $50 million
- be independently incorporated
- have completed market research
- be export and market ready
All eligible applicants must be legal entities capable of entering into legally binding agreements.
Eligible applicants must also meet the principles and criteria outlined in the Applicant guide, such as:
- having the ability to provide a minimum of 50% of the funding towards eligible costs
- total Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) funding for a project will normally not exceed: $50,000 per fiscal year; and $100,000 over two consecutive fiscal years.
- an applicant can apply more than once, but for each applicant, funding will not be more than $250,000 over five years