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Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent on research into innovative water technologies and water conservation techniques for the agriculture sector in the past five years; and if she will list each research project. [56660]

Project title Research agency
Smallholder irrigation in Africa International Programme on Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage
Sustainability of modern irrigated agricultural systems HR Wallingford
Technology transfer and sustainable rural development Silsoe College
Aids to improved agricultural drainage HR Wallingford
Fuzzy logic for water resource allocation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Improved irrigation in peri-urban areas HR Wallingford
Improved irrigation and drainage to save water HR Wallingford
Low cost micro-irrigation technologies for the poor Intermediate Technology and Development Group
Privatisation/transfer of irrigation management in central Asia Mott MacDonald
Improving community spate irrigation systems HR Wallingford
Achieving sustainable local management of irrigation water in water-short basins: South Africa case study International Water Management Institute

Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial assistance her Department gave to(a) South Africa, (b) Uganda and (c) Nigeria for sustainable water supplies and sanitation systems in (i) 2000–01 and (ii) 2001–02. [56661]

Clare Short

In financial year 2000–01 the Department gave the following financial assistance for sustainable water supplies and sanitation systems:

£
(a) South Africa 1,503,450
(b) Uganda 12,324,094
(c) Nigeria 590,577
1 Figure includes school sanitation component of an education project

Expenditure figures for 2001–02 are not yet available.