Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC) 2020 Version 1.0 - Socioeconomic Objective (SEO)

• RDS108 - Agriculture (including fisheries and forestry)

RDS10804 - Harvesting and packing of plant products

This group covers research and experimental development (R&D) activities directed towards improving technologies, processes and methods used for harvesting, handling and packing of plant products, other than forest products.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • improving technologies, processes and methods used for harvesting, handling and packing of cotton lint and cotton seed
  • improving technologies, processes and methods used for harvesting, handling and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables
  • plant product traceability and quality assurance (except forest products)
  • unprocessed grains
  • unprocessed industrial crops
  • unprocessed oilseeds

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • harvesting and transport of forest products (See RDS10801 Forestry)
  • improvement of the characteristics, propagation and growing of crops from which these plant products are obtained (See RDS10803 Crops)
  • manufacturing of products other than biofuels from further processing of these plant products (See RDS10602 Industrial processes related to agricultural products (except wood, paper and fiber))
  • plant product traceability and quality assurance of forest products (See RDS10801 Forestry)
  • production of biofuels from plant products (See RDS10502 Preparation and production of energy sources)
  • transportation of plant products, other than forest products (See RDS10405 Transport systems)