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House of Commons International Development Committee DFID's Agriculture Policy
Author: Dept for International Development; International Development Select Committee: Department for International Development's Agricultural Policy. International Development Select Committee Fifth Special Report - Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2003/04 (HC 602)
Author: Dfid's Agriculture Policy,Seventh Report of Session 2003-04,Report,Together with Formal Minutes,Oral and Written Evidence
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development CommitteePublisher:
ISBN: 9780215019264
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Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Seventy-five per cent of the world's poor live and work in rural areas, and most of these people smallholders dependent on agriculture for their subsistence. Agriculture is therefore of crucial importance to meeting the Millennium Development Goal on poverty reduction. In the long term, it is believed that smallholder agriculture is irrelevant to development. However, smallholdings can be made more efficient and commercially viable, especially in Africa, if there are better fertilisers and better seeds. Improvement in plant breeding is important, and also better information about, and access to, markets. There is a need for some state involvement in the delivery of key agricultural services to small holders, as the private sector has failed to step into the gap left by the reduction of state provision of agricultural services.
The World Food Programme and Global Food Security
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215522108
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Hunger and malnutrition are long-term problems facing the world. Recent food price rises have greatly exacerbated the difficulties poor people face in accessing nourishing food and have dragged up to 100 million people back into poverty. The World Food Programme's (WFP) 'pipeline' of emergency food has never been more important. WFP does crucial work at the frontline of humanitarian emergencies and in building the resilience of communities to deal with long-term hunger. Up to 20 million tonnes of food may be needed to feed new groups of people being pushed into poverty by food price rises. Significant increases to the WFP's budget are likely to be needed in order to secure this additional food supply. The usual annual total of US$3 billion in voluntary contributions may need to double to US$5-6 billion. Malnutrition is responsible for one-third of child deaths, yet it is under-funded and under-emphasised by the international community and the UN system. The Committee is shocked that DFID lacks a specific nutrition policy and measurable targets for assessing progress in reducing malnutrition. The establishment of the UN Taskforce and its Comprehensive Framework for Action on food security are positive steps. Agencies such as DFID and the WFP must look beyond the current crisis and address long-term drivers of food security. DFID should re-focus on agriculture. Reforms to the UN system are another important factor in improving future responses to food insecurity. There is scope for far greater integration of the work done by the three Rome-based UN agencies. Identifying the WFP as the lead UN agency on hunger would contribute to a more coherent international approach.
DFID's Agriculture Policy
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development CommitteePublisher:
ISBN: 9780215020635
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Reply to 7th report, HCP 602 session 2003-04 (ISBN 0215019261)
DFID Annual Report 2008
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215526502
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Incorporating HC 945-i, ii, and iii of session 2007-08. The DFID annual report 2009 published as HC 492, session 2007-08 (ISBN 9780102953664)
Department for International Development
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215020574
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Committee's report examines the accountability and management of the UK aid budget by the Department for International Development (DFID) based on its 2004 departmental report (Cm. 6214, ISBN 0101621426) published in May 2004. It comments on the UK's development record over the past year and highlights several areas where the DFID could improve its performance. Conclusions drawn include support for the Government's increased aid budget, the announcement on multilateral debt relief, and the progress being made to increase the poverty focus of the UK's bilateral aid budget. Recommendations include: the departmental report should include more information about the poverty focus of multilateral organisations, such as the EU; the roll-out of the Poverty Reduction Budget Support must be evidence-based; and the DFID should improve its 'traffic light' system for showing progress on its public service agreement targets.
Department for International Development annual report 2007
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215037312
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Incorporating HCP 936-i, session 2006-07
Development Assistance in Iraq: Interim Report
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215024237
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This report is part of a general inquiry into development assistance in Iraq. Due to the dissolution of Parliament, the report is limited to oral and written evidence. The Committee has set the following objectives: to determine how successfully the Department of International Development has spent its' funds; also examining the roles of the multilateral organizations within Iraq; the effectiveness of the coordination of service provision; the situation as regards the security environment and provision for humanitarian relief; the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction and development in Iraq. A number of Committee members visited Iraq to assess the overall situation, and collect information, but there was limited availability of analyses and evaluations of the development assistance programme. The Committee hopes to continue the work in the next parliament.
DFID's performance in 2008-09 and the 2009 White Paper
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215544629
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
DFID is right to focus more resources on fragile states if global poverty reduction goals are to be met. However, this report highlights a number of concerns about DFID's capacity to meet this and other new policy directions set out in the 2009 White Paper (Cm. 7656, ISBN 9780101765626), based on analysis of the Department's performance in 2008-09 (the Department's annual report 2008-09 published as HC 867-I,II, ISBN 9780102962154). Climate change, another key White Paper focus area, threatens progress on poverty reduction and will hit the poorest people first and hardest. The outcome of the Copenhagen Conference in December 2009 was disappointing and real progress needs to be made before the next conference at the end of this year. The White Paper also indicates that DFID will channel more funding through multilateral organisations including the EU, the UN and the World Bank. This offers the prospect of more coordinated delivery of aid, but only if these bodies increase their effectiveness and their poverty focus. The report also argues for speedier reform of the governance of the international financial institutions. The recession has had a significant impact on developing countries. It is estimated that an additional 90 million people will be affected by poverty as a combined result of the global food, financial and fuel crises over the last few years. Donors, including the UK, have responded and have sought to identify specific needs in developing countries, though many donors are failing to meet the aid commitments they have already made.