Developing Countries: Agriculture

(asked on 12th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support farming cooperatives in the global south to tackle the climate crisis in their communities.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 17th November 2021

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) supports farmers in low-income countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change through several programmes, funded either centrally or directly for priority posts across our network. For example, in Nepal and Malawi, the FCDO Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme facilitates market linkages between farmer organisations and suppliers who can provide climate-smart inputs for agriculture, to promote climate adaptation and agri-food sector development. Among central programmes, the UK-funded Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) responds directly to the needs of farmers' organisations in the poorest and most vulnerable countries by providing funding and training to promote climate-smart agriculture practices and link farmers to markets. Building on the positive results of five pilot projects, a dedicated call for proposal is ongoing and in December 2021 approximately US$25 million will be allocated to the best 8-10 proposals from producer organisations in Africa and South Asia. GAFSP, through its private sector window, has also supported farmer organisations throughout the pandemic to ensure uninterrupted food supply chains and use innovative IT for aggregation and marketing.

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