Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
What steps her Department is taking to promote food security in developing countries by increasing crop yields.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
DFID continues to invest in the development of crops that are more productive, that are resistant to diseases and able to withstand drought and flooding; and to get these into widespread use by farmers. Over 10 million farmers in developing countries have benefited from these investments.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what priority she gives to promoting economic development in countries which receive UK aid.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
Economic development is the only way we can ultimately defeat poverty. No country has been able to eradicate poverty without sustainable growth. Our work in this economic development is and will remain one of our highest priority areas over the next five years.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.
Answered by Justine Greening
The UN estimates that 9.3 million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid within Syria. At least 6.5 million people in Syria have been forced to flee their homes to other areas of the country and there are now over 2.6 million refugees in the region.