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Our Mission Ontario Agri-Food Technologies’ mission is to provide leadership and coordination in utilizing biotechnology to generate wealth and sustainability for the agricultural and food industries of Ontario. To accomplish our mission we focus our activities in four key action areas: Encourage and support collaboration among public and private research groups to enhance the development
Research Resources Journals: Use the journal tab to access Canadian journals and newsletters, Agriculture-specific journals, animal sciences journals, food sciences journal and other general biotech journals. You will be linked to the corresponding e-journal site. White Papers: OAFT will post various relevant white papers under each of the subject tabs available. These white papers link to
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Our Strategy OAFT’s goal is to become the focal point for the coordination of Ontario’s drive to research, develop and commercialize new technologies in Ontario. We do that by: Developing, supporting and coordinating research programs among Ontario institutions. Assisting in the commercialization of biotechnology products. Stimulating awareness, acceptance and use of biotechnologies by the Agri-food
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The Canadian Advantage Canada is the ideal staging area for Agri-Food and Bio-Tech companies targeting the global marketplace. Besides our proximity to the United States, both the Ontario and Canadian governments have established substantial R&D tax credits to help offset the cost of creating new products and technologies. An added bonus, the low Canadian