Saskatchewan Product Development Program (PDP)

Who is eligible?

• For-profit agriculture value-added processors.
• Commercial entities in the agriculture or food processing sector.

Who is not eligible

• Publicly funded facilities.
• Cannabis processing facilities without a standard Health Canada processing license.
• Seafood or fish processors.
• Processors of seed intended to grow crops.

Eligible expenses

• Technical service costs, product development and demo costs, and test processing costs.
• Process and manufacturing technology assessment and development, specification development, and engineering or techno-economic analysis.
• Material costs and equipment rentals.
• Marketing activities limited to packaging, labelling, and first-run promotional materials for a new product launch.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Training, wages, salaries, and general operating costs.
• Equipment purchases and other capital expenditures not specifically eligible.
• Marketing beyond product commercialization, including broad promotional campaigns, trade show registrations, and travel.
• Production costs for saleable products, taxes, legal fees, financing fees, and trade memberships.
• Projects already funded by other Government of Saskatchewan sources or the AAFC Agri-Marketing program.

Eligible geographic areas

• Saskatchewan

• Applications are reviewed on a first come, first served basis.
• A completed application does not guarantee funding.
• If approved, reimbursement is issued after all project activities are completed and the financial report is approved.

• No application fee is required.
• The program is administered by the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre.
• Applicants do not have to use the Centre’s technical services to be eligible.
• Applications are reviewed on a first come, first served basis.