Africa: Agriculture

(asked on 13th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's overseas aid supports research and development of agroecological farming in Africa.


Answered by
Lord Wharton of Yarm Portrait
Lord Wharton of Yarm
This question was answered on 20th March 2017

DFID does not collect data on agro-ecological farming as a distinct spending category. Agro-ecological farming covers a breadth of approaches which DFID supports through a wide range of research and development programmes including on soil and water conservation, improved land-use management, climate resilience and conservation agriculture. UK support in these areas contributes to the UK International Climate Fund commitments and wider international development goals in Africa.

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