BC Agriculture and
Food Export Program
EXPAND YOUR REACH TO NEW MARKETS
The BC Agriculture and Food Export Program, funded under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), provides cost-share funding to eligible sector business and associations to undertake market development activities outside of B.C. The program aims to increase sales, reduce market risk, and enhance long-term sustainability for B.C.’s agriculture, food and beverage exporters, enabling them to maintain, expand and/or diversify export markets.
Program Goals
The BC Agriculture and Food Export Program aims to achieve the following outcomes:
Immediate Outcomes
B.C. agriculture, food and beverage sector businesses are marketing their products and building business networks domestically and internationally to support their marketing objectives through the support of programs/services;
Intermediate Outcomes
B.C. agriculture, food and beverage sector businesses are increasing domestic and international market diversification by pursuing market development opportunities;
Long Term Outcome
B.C.’s agriculture, food and beverage businesses are reducing market risk and enhancing long-term sustainability by maintaining, expanding and diversifying domestic and international markets through the support of market development activities, resulting in the following:
Increased purchases of B.C. products;
 Increased interprovincial and international exports of B.C. products; and,
Reduced market risk due to market diversification