International Development written question – answered at on 23 February 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of
The majority of DFID's centrally funded expenditure on agricultural research is directed through international agricultural research organisations. These funds are used to benefit the lives of poor people in all developing countries, especially in Africa and Asia. DFID also supports regional programmes in the Andes, East Africa and West Africa. Regional programmes are planned for Southern Africa and South Asia. A table of organisations and programmes supported by DFID is attached with information on the countries/regions they cover.
DFID is contributing £5 million over five years through a strategic partnership with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) under the programme on Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development to fund 12 research grants in crop science. These grants were announced in January 2008 and have been made to consortia which include one UK partner and at least one partner from a developing country. In 2008-09, partners from Bangladesh, China, Ghana, India, Kenya, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda, have directly benefited from this programme.
Name of institution/programme | Countries/regions covered |
Andes Regional Programme | South America |
Pro-Poor Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Risk Reduction | Africa and Asia |
Project- Lead institutions - Food and Agriculture Organization, | |
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and | |
International Livestock Research Institute (ILR1) | |
Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development (SARID) | Bangladesh, China, Ghana, India, Kenya, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda |
Bioversity International (IPGRI) | Global |
Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI) | Global |
Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) | Central, West, Eastern and Southern Africa and Latin America |
East African Regional Programme (Agriculture) (ASARECA) | Eastern and Central Africa |
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) | Africa |
Generation Challenge Programme | Global |
Global Alliance Livestock Vaccines and Medicines (GALVmed) | Africa and Asia |
Harvest Plus Challenge Programme | Brazil, China and India |
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) | North Africa, Nile Valley, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, Arabian Peninsula, Highlands of North Africa & West Asia and Latin America |
International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA) | Global |
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Africa, Asia and South America |
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) | Global |
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | North Africa & Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central Asia, East and South East Asia, Central, South and Caribbean |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | Africa |
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) | Global |
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) | Global |
International Potato Centre (CIP) | Global |
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) | Global |
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) | Global |
Research into Use | Africa and Asia |
South Asia (planned) | South Asia |
Southern Africa (planned with Southern African Development Community (SADC)) | Southern Africa |
West Africa Regional Programme (Agriculture) (CORAF) | West Africa |
West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) | Africa |
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) | Eastern Africa, West & Central Africa, Southern Africa, Latin America, South Asia and South East Asia |
World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) | Global |
WorldFish Centre (ICLARM) | Global |
Yes2 people think so
No0 people think not
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