Agribusiness Development Projects
Here is a sample of the many agribusiness development projects that we have completed since 1999:
Renewable Energy and Agribusiness Development Initiatives - Comax
Client(s):
La Coop Comax
Needs:
Advisory services regarding renewable energy and modernisation initiatives.
Services Provided:
Agronovita provided advisory and government relations services for renewable energy and modernisation initiatives contemplated by this important farmer coop in Quebec.
Renewable Energy and Agribusiness Development Initiatives - LCF
Client(s):
La Coop fédérée
Needs:
Advisory services for renewable energy and modernisation initiatives.
Services Provided:
Agronovita provided advisory and government relations services for renewable energy and modernisation initiatives contemplated by La Coop fédérée, a federation of 92 farmer coops based in Quebec with commercial agribusiness activities in both Eastern and Western Canada.
Strategies for Reducing the Economic Impacts of Animal Health and Phytosanitary Crises on Agricultural Businesses
Client(s):
Quebec Agricultural Adaptation Council (CDAQ) and 7 other Provincial Agricultural Adaptation Councils (multi-provincial project)
Partner(s):
EcoRessources Consultants and GoSecure
Needs:
Strategies for reducing the economic impacts of animal health or phytosanitary crises on agricultural businesses, with a focus on the 2006 outbreak of potato cyst nematodes in Saint-Amable, Quebec.
Services Provided:
Agronovita assisted with the project literature review, provided technical advisory services and led chapters two and four of this multi-provincial study. The project involved the completion of four sub-objectives:
- Development of a methodological approach for animal health or phytosanitary crisis management
- Development of a methodological approach for evaluating the economic losses incurred by agricultural businesses
- Identification and analysis of compensation measures
- Identification and analysis of key elements of a turnaround process
Results:
The study proposed strategies for reducing the economic impact of animal health crises (for instance, avian influenza, BSE, FMD) and phytosanitary crises (for instance potato cyst nematode, plum pox virus, potato wart) on agricultural businesses.
All four reports and a summary reports are publicly available at http://www.cdaq.qc.ca/ShowDoc.asp?IndLangue=1&Rubrique=240&Document=268 (in French only) or by contacting Agronovita for the summary report in English.