Innovation in agriculture : Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE: THE KEY TO FEEDING A GROWING POPULATION ORDER OF REFERENCE Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Thursday, November 7, 2013: With leave of the Senate, The Honourable Senator Mockler moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Greene: That the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry be authorized to examine and report on research and innovation efforts in t [...] It is also important to enhance the value of agricultural workers and to raise public awareness about the realities of the agriculture and agri-food sector to dispel the negative perceptions the public may have regarding the consumption of products derived from new methods or technologies. [...] INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE: THE KEY TO FEEDING A GROWING POPULATION LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendation 1 (page 35) The Committee recommends that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and the Canadian Grain Commission complete the regulatory amendments of the Seeds Act to modernize the variety registration process. [...] Recommendation 8 (page 42) The Committee recommends that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency bring the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act (1990) up to the standards of the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. [...] INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE: THE KEY TO FEEDING A GROWING POPULATION Recommendation 13 (page 52) The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada encourage the use of second- and third-generation biofuels in conventional fuel; and the Government of Canada establish funding programs to support research into and the commercialization of second- and third-generation biofuels.