Applications for 2022 – 2023 Provincial Agrifoods Assistance Program (PAAP) are now open to support farmers and new entrants located in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The PAAP program has two streams, focusing on land development and agriculture infrastructure. Separate applications are available for each stream.
Eligibility Requirements
- Have reported a minimum of $15,000 in gross sales of agricultural products/services to the Canada Revenue Agency in any one of the last three years
- Must be Canadian citizens or permanent Canadian residents
- At least 19 years of age
Eligible for-profit applicants may include sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations, farm cooperatives, regional pastures operated as a legal entity and agricultural groups representing three or more farms.
Eligible not-for-profit regional pastures are also eligible for funding.
Processors using locally grown or raised agricultural products, who can demonstrate a minimum of $15,000 in gross sales of agricultural products/services may also apply for funding.
New entrants may be considered for funding based on their on-farm work experience, personal investment into the business, and demonstrated commercial farm viability.
A new entrant is someone intending to establish an agribusiness in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, or who has been operating an agribusiness for less than 6 years.
To encourage and support new farmers in the industry, new entrants can qualify up to $20,000 in funding under the Agriculture Infrastructure Program.
The deadline to apply to the 2022-2023 Provincial Agrifoods Assistance Program is June 2nd, 2022.