Growing forward 2 : Cultivons l'avenir 2 : Énoncé de Saint Andrews

Nonetheless, to safeguard the sector’s competitiveness and sustainability, there is a need to continuously adapt policies and practices and to attract new capital and new participants to the sector to meet the challenge of aging population and the need for renewal this creates. [...] Adaptability and Sustainability for the Sector A sector that is adaptable and sustainable, in that it: • Maintains and improves its productive capacity: o By making effective use of appropriate skills and knowledge o By managing human, natural, and financial resources; and o By attracting young farmers and new investors to the sector; • Anticipates and adapts to changing external circumstances; • [...] Competitiveness in Domestic and International Markets A sector that is competitive on the basis of product attributes and costs • Facilitate the sector’s ability to effectively compete on costs and attributes to meet customer requirements through: o the availability of competitively-priced inputs to reduce costs; o the adoption of new products, processes, technologies, and business models develope [...] Adaptability and Sustainability for the Sector A sector that improves and maintains its productive capacity (natural, human and financial resources) to be sustainable • Support industry’s efforts to enhance its productive capacity through more efficient and responsible use of resources through: o the development and transfer of knowledge, skills, tools and services necessary to enable industry pla [...] A sector that responds to society’s demands and contributes to the well-being of Canadians • Enable the industry to contribute solutions to broad sustainability challenges; • Enable the industry to contribute to challenges related to food policies; • Facilitate public awareness of food safety and quality, as well as industry accredited practices; and, • Enable industry to better understand citizen