The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) has announced funding of $106,467 to CropVue Technologies based in Surrey, British Columbia. It is the only horticulture-related project of six projects to be funded through its 2025 competitions. 

CropVue Technologies is partnering with the Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release program to develop an AI-enabled smart trap system to enhance orchard management and reduce pesticide use in apple and pear orchards.

For more details, link to: 

https://caain.ca/projects/orchard-pest-management/

CAAIN’s mandate from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is to fund technological responses to the most significant opportunities and challenges facing the nation’s agri-food producers and primary processors. That means supporting promising efforts with the potential to provide economic or environmental value. The $1,705,402 that’s committed to these six worthy recipients will take CAAIN’s five-year investment total in emerging agtech to more than $38M; the $5,485,772 total value of the six winning projects elevates the total value of  48 supported innovations to more than $122M. 

“Over the past five years and through 14 funding competitions, CAAIN has been building a remarkable track record in Canadian agtech. The six projects we are unveiling today represent the next chapter of that success,” said CAAIN CEO Darrell Petras, P.Ag. “What excites me most is the sheer diversity of these innovations. We aren’t just funding one sector; we are strengthening the entire agri-food value chain. 

Source:  Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network March 19, 2026 news release