Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program

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The Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP) is a multi-year program that seeks to mobilize Canada's creative talent in academia and in the private and public sectors and to integrate resources to build greater research capacity in agricultural bioproducts and bioprocesses. Through supporting networks and clusters, the program promotes research, development, technology transfer and commercialization activities in areas such as biofuels, other forms of bioenergy, industrial chemicals, biomaterials, and health products.

Through its nine Networks, ABIP involves:

• Universities - 36
• Industry Groups - 52
• Governments - 19

ABIP Funded Networks (2008-2011):

Cellulosic Biofuels

Cellulosic Biofuels Network (CBN)

Network Lead: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch
Tel: 418-210-5028

Biodiesel Feedstock

Sustainable Cropping System Platforms for Biodiesel Feedstock Quantity and Quality (SBQQ)

Network Lead: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch
Tel: 403-782-8134

Biorefinery: energy, fuels and chemicals

Agricultural Biorefinery Innovation Network for Green Energy, Fuels & Chemicals (ABIN)

Network Lead: University of Western Ontario
Tel: 519-661-2111 x 81263

Triticale

Canadian Triticale Biorefinery Initiative (CTBI)

Network Lead: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch
Tel: 403-317-3338

Animal Feed

Feed Opportunities from the Biofuels Industries (FOBI)

Network Lead: University of Saskatchewan, Feed Innovation Institute
Tel: 306-966-2155

Oilseed

Industrial Oil Seed Network (IOSN)

Network Lead: Linnaeus Plant Sciences Inc.
Tel: 604-224-5700

Natural Fibres: flax, hemp

Natural Fibres for the Green Economy Network (NAFGEN)

Network Lead: Flax Canada 2015 Inc.
Tel: 204-982-2125

Pulse

Pulse Research Network (PURENet)

Network Lead: Pulse Canada
Tel: 204-925-4455

Potato

BioPotato Network: a Canadian network for potato-based bioproducts (BioPotato)

Network Lead: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch
Tel: 506-452-4831 or Tel: 506-452-4861

For more information please email the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program, phone the ABIP Secretariat at 1-866-912-2247, or contact the networks directly.

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ABIP brochure (PDF Version, 1.17 MB)