Bioproducts Research Program
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Priorities
Priority 1 - Research that demonstrates the economic and/or environmental value-added expected as a result of this research.
Priority 2 - Research that is market-driven, addressing opportunities identified by the private sector in collaboration with researchers. The research will be an integral part of the value chain, and will help connect companies with the most appropriate researchers, and researchers with producers. By matching opportunities with products, platform technologies can be moved toward commercialization.
Priority 3 - Research that is sustainability – driven, addressing the need for ‘public good’ research where little or no direct commercial gain can be expected. Generation of value-added products from waste streams may be favored where environmental (and possibly economic) benefits are shown. Bringing marginal lands into production for higher value, bio-based feed stocks may be environmentally neutral, but economically valuable.
Priority 4 - Clustering of research expertise with raw materials, processing facilities and markets is favored since it more effectively plugs the research into the value chain. Research to develop new co-products is valued since it can significantly affect the economic viability of the cluster.
Priority 5 - Market intelligence gathering is key to achievement of the program’s objective of providing competitive advantage for Ontario agriculture.