HC Deb 18 April 1991 vol 189 c228W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the third world countries receiving funding and technical cooperation from the United Kingdom in order to improve technologies in the production of safe and good quality food.

Mrs. Chalker

Third world countries currently receiving United Kingdom funding and technical co-operation for improving the safety and quality of the food they produce are listed below. The Natural Resources Institute at Chatham, through its ODA-funded food sciences and crop utilisation programmes, plays a leading role in this field of assistance. Many of the other research and development programmes on renewable natural resources funded by ODA, including its suppport for the international agricultural research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, also contribute to the quality of food products.

Bangladesh Mozambique
Bolivia Nigeria
Brazil Pakistan
Cote dTvoire Philippines
Dominica St. Helena
Ecuador St. Kitts/Nevis
Egypt St. Lucia
Ethiopia St. Vincent
Ghana Solomon Islands
Honduras Sri Lanka
India Tanzania
Indonesia Thailand
Jamaica Uganda
Kenya Yemen
Madagascar Zaire
Mali Zambia
Malawi Zimbabwe
Montserrat