§ Dr. TongeTo 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. TongeTo 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 ShortIn 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.