DFID’s support to agricultural research

One billion people in the world face hunger. Our report looks at DFID’s agricultural research work to improve food security and tackle hunger, to which it has committed £350 million over 2010-15.

Score: Green/Amber
  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 25 October 2013
  3. Type: Other
  4. Subject: Climate change and biodiversity, Global health
  5. Assessment: Green/Amber
  6. Location: Kenya, Uganda
  7. Lead commissioner: John Githongo

Summary

One billion people in the world face hunger. DFID has committed £350 million to agricultural research in the period 2010-15 to improve food security and tackle hunger in developing countries. Activities range from advanced scientific research in UK universities to projects developing and testing  ways to get innovative products such as new seeds or animal vaccines into use.

Our review looks at DFID’s work in this area. As a result of our findings this review has been marked green-amber.

Timeline

Review publication

Published 25 October 2013

Government response

Published 18 November 2013

ICAI follow-up

Published 18 June 2015