World Bank: Agriculture

(asked on 18th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the World Bank’s support for sustainable agricultural production in low-income countries.


Answered by
Andrew Mitchell Portrait
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
This question was answered on 26th July 2023

The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. Its agricultural investment policies have helped to boost food and nutrition security and support vulnerable households, from increasing market access for smallholder farmers, to investing in green fertiliser production and supporting the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices. The UK supports the World Bank's goals and we are holding the Bank to account through the Board. We are complementing, in support of developing countries, a transition to sustainable agriculture production through UK aid programmes like the Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness programme and by contributing to multi-donor and multilateral funds such as the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme. Together with the World Bank, the UK also convenes a Policy Dialogue on Accelerating Transition to Sustainable Agriculture through redirecting public policies and support and scaling innovation.

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