Nova Scotia requires amplified figure of immigrant farmers and has plans to spend $260,000 for attracting overseas farmers to rustic areas of this Canadian province. Giving details regarding the provincial plans for helping outsider farmers come and effort in Nova Scotia farms.
The scheme will also focus on expansion of a website, detailed profiles of agriculture-sector and a complete database of the farmland obtainable for future farming operations in Nova Scotia. In addition, the plan will include hosting sessions about agriculture information in chosen nations.
Agriculture Department’s planning and development officer Kim Forsyth thought the plan is being seen as a series issue as many farmers in Nova Scotia don’t have any relations members’ eager to take over farming. Forsyth added that the farmers’ standard age in Nova Scotia is around 57. Therefore, the province of Nova Scotia will request farmers who desire to expand their farming process but don’t have either obtainable land or the price for buying land in their resident countries.
There is a forceful need for spreading the message crossways the world concerning existing farming opportunities in Nova Scotia. So, Nova Scotia will particularly target those nations and the farmers having enough qualified experience. And sure communities will be chosen for scheduling information days, added Forsyth.
A particular team having know-how in immigration and agriculture will be sent by Nova Scotia within a period of coming four months to tell foreign farmers about this Canadian province. The investment of $260,000 by CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) will be done from side to side the Community Development Trust towards the scheme in Nova Scotia. The Community Development Trust happens to be a $34.9 million agenda established in 2008 by Ottawa for helping sectors and communities facing financial problems.
