Potato Stabilization and Innovation initiative (PSII)

• The applicant must be a Prince Edward Island table or seed potato grower, or a key supplier to the PEI potato sector operating in PEI, or a non-profit organization or provincial entity that supports the PEI potato sector.
• Applicants that are growers or key suppliers must be able to demonstrate impacts from restrictions on the movement of PEI potatoes (e.g., reduced revenues, depressed prices, increased input costs, or other documented effects).
• The proposed project must contribute to the sustainability of the PEI potato sector and its supply chain, such as improving productivity, competitiveness, storage, pest/disease management, product or packaging, value-added products, or market development.
• The applicant must be able to provide all required organizational and financial documentation as outlined in the program’s application guide (e.g., incorporation documents, financial statements, project plan, supplier quotes, permits and licences, as applicable).

Who is eligible?

• Table potato growers operating in Prince Edward Island
• Seed potato growers operating in Prince Edward Island
• Key suppliers to the Prince Edward Island potato sector operating in PEI
• Not-for-profit organizations supporting the PEI potato sector
• Provincial entities providing support to the PEI potato sector

Who is not eligible

• Businesses that are not table or seed potato growers, and not key suppliers to the Prince Edward Island potato sector operating in PEI.
• Organizations that are neither not-for-profit nor provincial entities providing support to the PEI potato sector.
• Applicants that cannot demonstrate impacts resulting from the restrictions on the movement of PEI potatoes (for growers and key suppliers).

Eligible expenses

• Investments in digitalization, automation and other technologies that improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness.
• Design, development or acquisition of equipment or technology to improve productivity and to exclude, contain or manage pests or diseases.
• Installation or upgrading of high energy-efficiency potato storage ventilation systems or controlled atmosphere storage, including related equipment and improvements.
• Costs to modify products or packaging formats (such as changing bag volumes or adapting packaging to market preferences).
• Development of new value-added products, including those using by-products or processing waste, with a priority on environmentally friendly products.
• Early-stage costs to enter or expand into new markets, such as preliminary marketing, business development and related market access expenses.

Eligible geographic areas

• Businesses and organizations operating in Prince Edward Island.

There are evaluation and selection criteria for the Prince Edward Island Potato Stabilization and Innovation Initiative grant. Applicants must demonstrate impacts from restrictions on P.E.I. potatoes and must be either a table or seed potato grower, key supplier, or a non-profit organization supporting the sector.

• Applicants must show impacts resulting from the imposed restrictions on the movement of P.E.I. potatoes.
• Applicants must be either a table or seed potato grower, a key supplier to the sector, or a non-profit organization supporting the P.E.I. potato sector.

• The Prince Edward Island Potato Stabilization and Innovation Initiative is currently closed and is no longer accepting applications.
• The initiative was delivered over two fiscal years (2022–2023 and 2023–2024) under the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation Jobs and Growth Fund.
• Applications were accepted on a continuous intake basis while the program was active.
• Applicants are informed that information in the application may be subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.