The Saskatchewan Agri-Environmental Advisory Council, the producer group responsible for providing direction for the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) program, will receive one-year funding during the transition between the Agriculture Policy Framework (APF) and Growing Forward, the new agricultural policy framework.
The funding results from an agreement between the provincial and federal governments
The council says that more than 2,000 workshops have been held throughout the province, and over 10,000 producers have completed environmental farm plans. More than $40 million has been allocated for agri-environmental practices in Saskatchewan.
“The funding allocated for EFP program has enabled producers to identify environmental risks on their farms and to take steps to rectify these problems,” Germaine Dauk, Chairman of the Advisory Council, said in a release. “Only three per cent of the allocated funding was used for administration costs, while 17 per cent went to farm organizations for awareness and delivery of the program and 80 per cent was paid directly to Saskatchewan producers we’re very proud of that. This is good news for everyone involved,” said Dauk.
