Grant: Technology Access Centre
Grande Prairie Regional College
$350,000.00
Bee Diagnostic Services for Canada
EF 2018-19
Résumé
Canadian beekeepers manage 750,000 hives for honey production and pollination services, contributing over $4 billion to the Canadian agriculture industry. Beekeepers require healthy and strong colonies. Since winter 2007\2008, overwintering hive losses have consistently exceeded the 10% to 15% rate needed to remain sustainable. In 2011, regional beekeepers asked Grande Prairie Regional College for specialized diagnostics services. *The National Bee Diagnostic Centre (NBDC) opened as a Technology Access Centre (TAC) in April 2013. The state-of-the-art laboratory provides timely, accurate, reliable and confidential diagnostic services needed by beekeepers to make sound management decisions, remain productive and competitive. Beekeepers rely on NBDC-TAC to develop innovative techniques and then the services that will meet the emergent bee health and related market challenges. The renewed NBDC-TAC is enhancing applied research support to industry and bee researchers. It will formalize its molecular diagnostic course, develop related hive health management short courses, and reshape its high-value learn while you work student experience. NBDC-TAC contributes directly towards a sustainable, dynamic, healthy and profitable Canadian beekeeping industry.
Programme
Technology Access Centre
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Alberta, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Other
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
434967-2018
Name nom
Veiga, PatriciaWolf
Department département
GPRC Research & Innovation
Organization id
22144
Institution établissement
Grande Prairie Regional College
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2018
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
350000
Program id
CTAC
Program name en
Technology Access Centre
Program name fr
Centre d'accès à la technologie
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1563
Committee name en
Technology Access Centre Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions d'établissement de centres d'accès à la technologie
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Bee Diagnostic Services for Canada
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Canadian beekeepers manage 750,000 hives for honey production and pollination services, contributing over $4 billion to the Canadian agriculture industry. Beekeepers require healthy and strong colonies. Since winter 2007\2008, overwintering hive losses have consistently exceeded the 10% to 15% rate needed to remain sustainable. In 2011, regional beekeepers asked Grande Prairie Regional College for specialized diagnostics services. *The National Bee Diagnostic Centre (NBDC) opened as a Technology Access Centre (TAC) in April 2013. The state-of-the-art laboratory provides timely, accurate, reliable and confidential diagnostic services needed by beekeepers to make sound management decisions, remain productive and competitive. Beekeepers rely on NBDC-TAC to develop innovative techniques and then the services that will meet the emergent bee health and related market challenges. The renewed NBDC-TAC is enhancing applied research support to industry and bee researchers. It will formalize its molecular diagnostic course, develop related hive health management short courses, and reshape its high-value learn while you work student experience. NBDC-TAC contributes directly towards a sustainable, dynamic, healthy and profitable Canadian beekeeping industry.
