The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), on behalf of Canadian government, has agreed to contribute an estimate of CND$ 20,000,000 (about RMB130 million) over a period of five years and this will be supported by an equivalent counterpart budget from the Government of China, as agreed by the Ministry of Commerce. Canadian project inputs concentrate on the provision of Canadian and Chinese Long-Term Technical Advisors (LTTAs), short term consultants and training programs in China and Canada.

The Canadian executing agency for the project is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), while the Ministry of Agriculture of China assumes the Chinese responsibilities related to the implementation of the project in China. The project implementation is overseen by a Central Coordination Committee co-chaired by CIDA and MOFCOM and consists of the Director General for Sustainable Production Systems from AAFC, relevant MOA departments and institutions, and the Directors General of the agriculture and animal husbandry bureaus of the project provinces/prefectures.