The Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program is a five-year, $240 million program aimed at positioning Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector at the leading edge to seize new opportunities. ACAAF was launched in April 2004 as a successor to the Canadian Adaptation and Rural
Development (CARD) Fund, and will continue CARD’s innovative and cooperative approach to funding
projects at the national, multi-regional and regional level.

ACAAF OBJECTIVES
-Expand the sector’s capacity to respond to current and emerging issues.
-Position the sector to capture market opportunities.
-Actively and continuously engage the sector to contribute to future agriculture and agri-food
policy directions.
-Integrate sector-led projects tested and piloted under ACAAF into future government or industry
initiatives.