§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in respect of his observations on the second report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, Session 1984–85, "Famine in Africa", Cmnd. 9566, paragraph (xxviii), what are the specific contracts,
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LRDC projected work programme 1985–86 (as at 1 July 1985) Staff costs £ Contract/Project/Programme Commissioning Body Pre-1985–86 1985–86 Post 1985–86 Expected Completion Date Main location of work Pedology and Soil Survey Central and South Africa Department, ODA 69,000 33,600 53,700 June 1987 Zimbabwe Drip Irrigation of Sugar Cane Central and South Africa Department, ODA 6,000 8,200 2,000 1986 Mauritius Embu-Meru-Isiolo (a) Regional Coordination East and West Africa Department, ODA — 24,800 71,000 February 1988 Kenya (b) Soil and Water Conservation East and West Africa Department, ODA 54,000 31,800 71,000 March 1988 Kenya (c) Forestry East and West Africa Department, ODA 96,000 57,300 30,000 July 1986 Kenya Tabora Land Use Planning East and West Africa Department, ODA — 3,900 4,100 March 1987 Tanzania Agriculural Adviser East and West Africa Department, ODA — 11,500 — September 1985 East Africa Dev. Div. Kenya Soil Conservation East and West Africa Department, ODA — 5,800 — February 1986 Cameroon Sundarbans Forest Inventory/Tea Rehabilitation Project Eastern Asia Department, ODA 96,400 16,800 — July 1985 Bangladesh Tea Research Laboratories Eastern Asia Department, ODA — 5,000 — November 1985 Bangladesh Fertiliser Information System Eastern Asia Department, ODA — 4,900 — December 1985 Thailand Small-holder cacao development Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, ODA 44,600 16,800 — October 1985 Vanuatu Forestry Inventory Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, ODA — 7,000 — June 1985 Grenada Environmental study Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, ODA 3,500 3,300 — April 1985 Turks and Caicos Land Development Authority Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, ODA 44,600 11,000 — May 1985 Montserrat Land Use Adviser Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, ODA — 14,000 50,600 October 1987 Nevis Citrus Development Prefeasibility Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, ODA — 4,000 — October 1985 Belize Land Resources Study Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Department, ODA — 26,200 13,200 April 1986 Belize Tsetse Control, Land Use Survey Mediterranean and Near East Department, ODA 85,000 24,600 — October 1985 Somalia Northern Region Irrigation Rehabilitation Mediterranean and Near East Department, ODA 1,300 5,800 — May 1985 Sudan Soil Studies Mediterranean and Near East Department, ODA — 2,900 — May 1985 Yemen Arab Republic Kosi Hill Area Rural Development Programme South Asia Department, ODA 113,600 48,000 — March 1986 Nepal Community Forestry Project South Asia Department, ODA — 4,900 — November 1985 Nepal Forest Research Soil Laboratories South Asia Department, ODA — 2,900 — July 1985 Nepal Karnataka Social Forestry Project South Asia Department, ODA — 3,300 — October 1985 India projects or programmes now being undertaken by the Land Resources Development Centre, listing for each respective piece of work now in hand, the name of the commissioning body, the approximate cost in pounds sterling, the expected date for the completion of each item, and the main locations of the work being undertaken.
§ Mr. RaisonThe following is the information requested:
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Staff costs £ Contract/Project/Programme Commissioning Body Pre-1985–86 1985–86 Post 1985–86 Expected Completion Date Main location of work Mysore Paper Mills Project South Asia Department, ODA — 3,300 — October 1985 India Institutional Strengthening South Asia Department, ODA — 2,100 228,000 1989 India Agriculture/Forest Officer South Atlantic Department, ODA 49,300 27,600 54,200 November 1987 St. Helena National Agricultural Extension and Research Project Government of Zimbabwe/IBRD 10,900 40,600 35,500 January 1987 Zimbabwe Regional Physical Planning Programme for Transmigration Government of Indonesia/IBRD 141,000 155,800 340,600 September 1987 Indonesia Project Formulation Mission FAO — 3,900 — May 1985 Malawi Land Use Planning Project Formulation FAO — 5,800 — September 1985 Tanzania Rangeland and Livestock Development FAO — 5,800 — October 1985 Somalia Asian Development Bank Irrigation Project ILO — 11,600 — May 1985 Philippines Ah Boun GTZ, Germany 6,500 29,000 — December 1985 Yemen Arab Republic
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, in respect of the Land Resources Development Centre, he will tabulate for each of the scientific disciplines the numbers of personnel employed who possess graduate or broadly equivalent professional qualifications, together with the number of vacancies in each discipline for which funded posts exist and the number of additional posts which will need to be filled for any future approved scheme of expansion, together with the corresponding figures for 1 April 1980.
§ Mr. RaisonDetails of professional staff employed, and vacancies, at 1 April 1980 and 1 April 1985, are given in the following table. No expansion is planned for the centre.
1 April 1980 1 April 1985 Discipline Staff in post Vacancies Staff in post Vacancies Soils and Land Use 17 2 10 — Agriculture 13 3 5 — Forestry 7 1 4 — Hydrology 5 — 3 — Economics 6 1 4 —
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A. Land Resources Development Centre Activities in Africa south of the Sahara (other than humid tropics) 1980–85 Country Nature of activity Timing Commissioning body Source of funds Gambia Rural development project Ended June 1980 ODA ODA/IDA/BDDEA Kenya Embu-Meru-Isiolo district 1. Soil and water conservation February 1982 onwards ODA ODA 2. Forestry development July 1982 onwards ODA ODA 3. Livestock development planning September 1983 ODA ODA 4. Regional coordinator From June 1985 ODA ODA Kenya Chyulu hills: land use development study November/December 1983 ODA ODA Botswana Planning environment management strategy November/December 1983 UNEP UNDP Malawi Environmental effects of development study March-October/December 1983 FAO FAO Namibia Rapid assessment of land use potential September 1983 FAO FAO Somalia Land use survey: tsetse control project October 1981 onwards ODA ODA/AFSED Sudan 1. Imatong mountains forestry project (1976)-September 1982 ODA ODA 2. Upper Talanga: sawmill feasibility November-December 1981 EDF EEC 3. Qala-en-Nahal refugee settlement scheme July-August 1983 Euro-Action Accord Euro-Action Accord 4. Vegetation/landform: Tokar delta July 1983 ODA ODA 5. Nile region irrigation rehabilitation (forestry) June/July 1982 and March/May 1985 ODA ODA Tanzania 1. Tabora region: land use planning (1977) continuing ODA ODA 2. Mtwara-Lindi region. Development planning (1977)–1984 ODA ODA
1 April 1980 1 April 1985 Discipline Staff in post Vacancies Staff in post Vacancies Chemistry 4 — 2 — Others* 5 7 4 — Totals 57 14 32 — * Including statistics/data management, and information sciences; some vacancies were in unspecified disciplines.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what projects have been undertaken, or what direct assistance has been rendered by the Land Resources Development Centre in respect of areas now subject to famine in Africa in the course of the last five years; and in respect of each project or programme, what was the name of the commissioning body and the source of the funds for the payment of the work, together with particulars of any requests or proposals received from any quarter which have been declined over the same period, together with the dates concerned and reasons for the refusal of any request.
§ Mr. RaisonThe following is the information requested.
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Country Nature of activity Timing Commissioning body Source of funds 3. Chief evaluation officer. Planning unit September 1981-December 1984 IBRD IBRD 4. Lecture in remote sensing. Dar es Salaam 1977-July 1981 ODA ODA Uganda Forestry inventory July/August 1984 ODA ODA Zimbabwe 1. Support to national soil survey May 1982 onwards ODA ODA 2. Community area resource inventory January 1985-January 1987 G.O. Zimbabwe IBRD Zimbabwe SADCC Regional Food Security Study March/July 1982 W. S. Atkins (Land and Water) Commonwealth Secretariat Zambia Integrated rural development (forestry) January/March 1981 Bookers Agriculture International ODA ILCA Director general to the international livestock centre for Africa (Ethiopia) November 1977–81 CGIAR Secretariat CGIAR
B. Specific requests declined Date Country Nature of request Source of proposal Funding agency Reason not undertaken January 1981 Niger Short consultancy: irrigation agronomy Crown Agents IFAD No suitable staff available January 1982 Sudan Two agronomists for two years: Kordofan project Gitecconsult (West Germany) CTZ (FRG) No suitable staff available March 1982 Sudan Plan formulation: South Sudan Bookers Agriculture International ODA No suitable staff available March 1982 Nigeria Surveys of lower Benue river Clyde Surveys Not known No suitable staff available June 1983 Burundi Three man resource survey team Norskhydro Fertilizers Not known No suitable staff available May 1983 Uganda Four man development planning team Karamoja EDF EDF Difficult local conditions July 1984 Botswana Livestock specialist: tribal grazing IBRD IBRD No suitable staff available July 1984 Kenya Investigation of national research stations ISNAR ISNAR No suitable staff available August 1984 Somalia Desertification studies Checchi Consultants (USA) UNDP No suitable staff available November 1984 Ethiopia Two year land use planning FAO FAO No suitable staff available June 1985 Guinea Remote sensing (forestry) FAO FAO No suitable staff available