Secure and sustainable food production
The agrifood sector around the globe is facing several significant challenges including climate change, environmental threats from pest and pathogens, increased global competition in the food industry, changing demographics and the availability of a sustainable land base and water availability for food production. BC’s agrifood sector is no exception.
Advances in emerging genome-based technologies are offering new tools and solutions to our most significant agricultural challenges. The adoption and use of these technologies could facilitate the development and commercialization of new products in the marketplace and improved production processes for food producers and manufacturers.
Common farming practices often rely on heavy fertilizer use, but too much can be harmful to the environment. Recent research suggests there may be a better balance. Nitrogen an...
Canadian beekeepers lose nearly a third of their colonies each winter, posing a threat to both pollination services, valued at over $5 billion annually, and broader food security. ...
Vancouver, BC – A Genome BC funded research collaboration between the BC Blueberry Council, Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Phyto Diagnostics Company Ltd. has uncovered why sta...
The grape growing and winemaking sector is a significant contributor to the BC economy. The number of wineries in BC has increased steadily and correspondingly so has output and ec...
