MAPAQ — Prime-Vert — Component 1.1.2

• A duly completed and signed financial assistance application form for the relevant sub-component
• Detailed quotes or equivalent information including proof of price, or a purchase order for projects using biological control agents or pheromones
• The required diagnostic and detailed project description in the prescribed document, when specified for the project type
• Plans and specifications signed by an advisor for hydroagricultural works and water supply or storage works, when required
• Specific supporting forms when required, such as the recommendation for anti-insect net projects on grape or haskap crops or the certifier document showing an increase in production units for Sub-component 1.4

Who is eligible?

• An agricultural operation
• A coopérative d’utilisation de matériel agricole (CUMA) whose branch covered by the project includes at least three agricultural operations for Sub-component 1.1
• An agroprocessor for certain Sub-component 1.2 projects

Who is not eligible

• For Sub-component 1.4, applicants that received financial assistance under the Programme d'appui pour la conversion à l'agriculture biologique 2015-2023 (PACAB) and then abandoned certification, or had certification cancelled, for the same type of production targeted by the application are not eligible.

Eligible expenses

• Purchase or modification of mechanical, manual, electric or thermal weeding equipment
• Purchase or modification of equipment to reduce risks linked to pesticides
• Expenses related to insect net installation and the use of biological control agents or pheromones
• Purchase or modification of equipment allowing the simultaneous seeding and incorporation of cover crop seed
• Purchase, modification or lease of equipment for fertilizer spreading precision or irrigation water management

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Under Sub-component 1.2, domestic wastewater and runoff or drainage water from field cropping systems are not eligible.
• Under Sub-component 1.2, wash water from buildings containing animal manure is not eligible.
• Under Sub-component 1.2, animal manure requiring watertight storage under the Règlement sur les exploitations agricoles, animal manure managed by field piles, dead animals, and inedible meat are not eligible.
• Under Sub-component 1.2, exogenous residues, growing media and potting soils, and silage leachate are not eligible.
• Under Sub-component 1.1.5, projects aimed at producing wood, fruit or nuts, reforesting agricultural land, or creating a vegetated strip wider than 10 metres are not supported.

• Complete the financial assistance application form for the relevant sub-component.
• Sign the form and attach all required documents and information.
• For Sub-component 1.2, submit one application form per project type.
• For Sub-component 1.4, submit two separate applications: one within six months of precertification and one within six months of certification.
• Send the complete application to the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation; only complete applications are analyzed.

• Only complete applications are analyzed.
• If the application is accepted, the claim form is provided after the financial assistance agreement is signed.
• At the end of the project, required deliverables must be submitted, which can include the claim form, invoices and proofs of payment on request, and photos or an attestation of conformity.
• A request for review may be submitted within 30 working days following the date the decision is communicated.
• New information or documents that were not part of the initial application cannot be considered in the review process.