WORKING PAPER SERIES (2022-1) - Case Study: AGT Food and Ingredients Ltd: Industrial Development and Collective Action

This case reviews the history of pulse development and explores the potential influence of the new IP regime on the trajectory of AGT and the industry. [...] The case study examines how institutional collaboration between multiple governments, farmers and the SPG, the University and the CDC, and AGT have created the conditions for the province to evolve into a global pulse leader. [...] The earlier studies of aspects of the pulse story and the parallel analysis of the development of canola offer a template for reviewing the pulse story. [...] The rest of this paper examines the interplay between the public, private and participatory sectors, focusing on the factors leading to the creation and growth of AGT. [...] Coincident with the launch of the UN Year of the Pulse in January 2016, the project leads of AGILE announced the successful sequencing of the lentil genome, using as the reference CDC Redberry, a small red lentil variety developed by CDC.