Mission

To foster agriculture-related governmental and stakeholder scientific collaboration through exchange of information, joint activities and capacity building in an effort to:

1. Enhance sector productivity and competitiveness;

2. Improve food safety and plant and animal health;

3. Help adapt to, and mitigate the impact of climate change;

4. Help safeguard natural resources through sustainable development and conservation.

Vision

The governments of Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. working together, in consensus, and through their national agricultural and agri-food research institutions, to address issues of common interest in support of agriculture in the North American region incorporating science, technology and innovation.