§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what conveniently available figures he has for that part of the United Kingdom long-term aid programme to agriculture in developing countries which is designed to make developing countries more self-sufficient.
§ Mr. RaisonThere is no separate British aid programme for agricultural development. Most aid for this and other economic sectors is provided under individual country programmes. The following table provides details of expenditure (for the three latest available years) on bilateral project aid by detailed sector, and on other identifiable bilateral or multilateral aid benefiting agriculture. All such aid is designed to improve developing countries' self-sufficiency either directly through improved food production or indirectly through improved national incomes and greater foreign exchange earnings. Other projects, for instance roads, may have a significant bearing on agricultural development.
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Expenditure on project aid to agriculture by detailed sector Sector 1981 1982 1983 £ £ £ Crop production 229,184 56,246 — Livestock 275,919 999,675 410,256 Fertilisers — — 5,488,992 Farm equipment 4,129 306,672 122 Seeds 11,708 5,396 — Fruits and berries 763,000 — 1,813,000 Rubber 4,622,000 4,735,000 8,255,000 Sugar 7,483,000 3,099,065 4,352,774 Coffee/cocoa/tea 4,109,373 3,947,452 4,431,192 Oil products 1,997,599 429,004 8,016,477 Agric services 233,931 228,327 214,707 Hunting and trapping 5,573 319 — Agric development 1,925,338 2,180,716 3,094,138 Agric research 169,687 187,725 103,541 Livestock research — — 251,425 Agro-industries — 268,000 — Agro-related education 15,207 55,818 263,801 Agricultural extension 502,303 1,658,410 2,495,724 Livestock services 344,655 547,519 346,935 Agriculture and livestock 22,692,606 18,705,344 39,538,084
Sector 1981 1982 1983 £ £ £ Agricultural water resources 4,510,100 6,233,290 5,205,698 Land development/reclamation 4,437,302 1,408,044 1,295,490 Land settlement/compensation 2,130,212 4,776,962 2,980,924 Land survey 115,174 100 207,455 Land development and irrigation 11,188,788 12,418,396 9,689,567 Natural fertiliser mining — — 615,409 Fruit/vegetable preserving 128,000 — — Oils and fats 689,144 2,164,000 90,000 Grain mill products — 1,450,000 1,150,000 Sugar refineries 1,032,453 355,200 2,575,764 Animal feeds 92,770 4,339 — Agricultural processing 1,942,367 3,973,539 3,815,764 Fertilisers 70,042,778 17,381,046 8,428,384 Agricultural storage 1,972,589 1,556,860 50,645 Cold storage — — 76,500 Agricultural development banks 11,600,000 10,500,000 39,950,000 Total agriculture 119,439,128 64,535,185 102,164,353 Other identifiable aid to agriculture Bilateral Agricultural R and D 9,306,000 9,170,000 11,179,000 Land Resources Development Centre 840,000 769,000 891,000 Multilateral International Agricultural Research 2,925,000 3,765,000 4,000,000 FAO (developmental share only) 538,000 1,672,000 1,852,000 IFAD 881,000 2,110,000 3,552,000 It is not possible to give figures for manpower and training aid to agriculture which is designed to make countries more self-sufficient.
Equally, Britain's contributions to the EDF, II)A, Regional Development Banks and the UNDP will be used in part for agricultural self-sufficiency, but there are no figures available.