Aid by Sector
Low-carbon Agriculture for avoided deforestation and poverty reduction Phase II (Rural Sustentavel)
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
As a follow-up phase to a similar ICF intervention in Brazil, Rural Sustentável aims to promote low-carbon agriculture (LCA) on small and medium-scale farms to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through avoided deforestation, enhance producers’ income and quality of life, increase the adoption of sustainable practices, and foster policy replications in Brazil and abroad. The programme operates through three distinct projects in separate Brazilian biomes: PRS Amazon, PRS Cerrado, and PRS Caatinga. Each project has its own budget, implementing agency, timelines, and activities but despite their differences, all three projects share a common theory of change: by providing small- and medium-scale farmers and landowners with alternative methods of production and income generation, the rate of deforestation can be significantly reduced.
The Democratic Republic of Congo - Green Growth Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This five-year, £38m, International Climate Finance (ICF) programme will support the development of a climate-smart agricultural sector in DRC focusing on rural areas to deliver both climate and economic development objectives. There will be four elements to this programme: • Work to improve the business environment for agricultural businesses in the DRC which will be delivered in partnership with the Government of DRC. • Support to help grow climate-smart agriculture businesses. • Increasing access to finance for established agriculture businesses. • Monitoring and evaluation.
The eco.business Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The eco.business fund is a public-private partnership investment fund which aims to shift incentives in financial institutions (i.e. Banks) towards investing in nature, by embedding social and environmental risk into investment decisions, catalysing transformational change in the financial sector. The fund will increase lending to businesses which incorporate sustainable practices that contribute to biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, climate change mitigation and adaptation to its impact across South America: Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru.
Land Degradation Neutrality Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The LDN Fund invests in projects which reduce or reverse land degradation and thereby contribute to ‘Land Degradation Neutrality’. The LDN Fund is co-promoted by the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Mirova. It is a public-private partnership using public money to increase private sector investment in sustainable development. The fund invests in sustainable agriculture, forestry and other land uses globally. The Fund was launched at the UNCCD’s COP 13 in China in 2017.
The Evidence Fund - 300708
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Evidence Fund procures and manages research and evaluations that primarily benefit ODA eligible countries. Most research and evaluations paid for by the Evidence Fund are country-specific, and all respond to requests for evidence to inform programme or policy decisions. Primarily serving research requests from HMG’s Embassies and High Commissions in ODA eligible countries, and from HMG policy and strategy teams, the Evidence Fund strengthens the evidence behind the UK’s priority international development investments and development diplomacy. The Evidence Fund also invests modest amounts of non-ODA, to strengthen the evidence behind wider UK foreign policy.
Annual contribution to the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO)
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
This UK Government contribution is for EPPO which is an intergovernmental organization responsible for cooperation in plant health within the Euro-Mediterranean region. Founded in 1951 by 15 European countries, EPPO now has 52 members (shown in green on the map). Its objectives are to protect plants, by developing international strategies against the introduction and spread of pests which are a threat to agriculture, forestry and the environment, and by promoting safe and effective pest control methods. Following the terms of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), EPPO is a Regional Plant Protection Organization and thus participates in global discussions on plant health. EPPO is a standard-setting organization which has produced a large number of Standards in the areas of plant protection products and plant quarantine. These Standards constitute recommendations that are addressed to the National Plant Protection Organizations of EPPO member countries. Finally, EPPO promotes the exchange of information between its member countries by maintaining information services and databases on plant pests, and by organizing many conferences and workshops.
Establishing and enhancing veterinary surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
This project aims to help establish effective surveillance for longer term capacity building for AMR in the terrestrial and aquatic veterinary sectors in selected LMICs, and to enhance veterinary medicines regulatory training.
Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain Solutions
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
This activity supports a number of different areas of work which aim to accelerate the climate benefits of the Kigali Amendment (KA) to the Montreal Protocol (MP) and encourage uptake of energy efficient and climate friendly solutions. This includes (1) The creation of an African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chains (ACES) in Rwanda. ACES will accelerate deployment of sustainable (environmental, economic and social) cold-chain solutions throughout Africa. (2) The development and deployment of an HFC outlook model to address information gaps on energy use and energy related CO2 emissions from the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pumps (RACHP) market. It will assist in reducing cost of the transition for Article 5 countries to the Montreal Protocol and increase the climate benefit of action under the MP. (3) Increasing countries technical capacity and providing insights on global best practice of EE improvements of cooling products in parallel with HFC phase down, through model regulations and sustainable public procurement in ASEAN and Africa.
Malawi Trade and Investment Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
MTIP aims to stimulate a step change in Malawi’s growth by promoting higher value export sectors, cutting time and costs of trade and logistics, and raising international and domestic investment in new exports. Underpinning this will be a focused effort to improve the business enabling environment. Higher economic growth is expected to translate into sustained poverty reduction, creating new jobs and income generating opportunities and much needed revenue to fund the public services needed for a fast-growing population. Specifically, programme aims include reducing the costs of trade for Malawi by 10% and converting over 5,000 hectares of land to more productive high value export crops.
Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support public-private partnerships that demonstrate how companies, communities, smallholders and governments can work collaboratively to reduce deforestation and benefit forest dependent communities
Climate Smart Jobs Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To strengthen the climate smart agribusinesses, creating jobs, support climate smart land management & services and to remove barriers that stop businesses getting deals.
Sustainable Inclusive Livelihoods through Tea Production in Rwanda
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The project supports job creation and increased incomes by working with smallholder farmers to develop greenfield tea. The Wood Foundation Africa (TWFA) will set up and run two Services Companies supporting approximately 12,000 smallholder tea farmers over 7,500 hectares. Farmers will be supported to produce tea for the first time, employing best farming practices, including understanding and managing climate risk and variability.The Services Company will be co-owned by the farmers. This will lead to improved incomes and livelihoods (in particular nutrition and education) for the farmers and their families. Unilever and Luxmi will build a factory which will heavily rely on the tea supplied by the smallholder farmers with support from The Wood Foundation Africa.
GEOGLAM - UK Contribution to The Group on Earth Observation's Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative is to increase market transparency and improve food security.
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
The purpose of Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM) is to increase market transparency and improve food security by producing and disseminating relevant, timely, and actionable information on agricultural conditions and outlooks of production at national, regional, and global scales. It achieves this by strengthening the international community’s capacity to utilize coordinated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observations. GEO is an intergovernmental organisation that works to improve the availability, access and use of earth observations (EO) globally, primarily targeted at the sustainable development goals (SDGs), Paris climate agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The GEOGLAM policy mandate initially came from the Group of Twenty (G20) Agriculture Ministers during the French G20 Presidency in 2011. The mandate has expanded parallel to the G20 mandate to include food security concerns and we now work to support early warning for international agency response to emerging food emergencies. GEOGLAM has produced Stocktaking reports for the G20 in recent years. These reports are available for 2021, 2022 and 2023. GEOGLAM is working on a response to the three big policy drivers of our time: UN Sustainable Development Goals; the Paris Accord on Climate Change; and, the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction. Through the development of quantified metrics GEOGLAM will be able to work with other science communities and statistical agencies to develop policy relevant information in support of sustainable food production. GEOGLAM is a Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Flagship Initiative.
Mozambique Agricultural Jobs and Climate-Resilient Investment Programme (MAJI)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve incomes, create better/more jobs for women and men in Mozambique and support their resilience to climate shocks.
Productivity for Prosperity (P4P)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Productivity for Prosperity is a sustainable economic transformation programme that will increase labour productivity and climate-resilience in Tanzania’s job-creating sectors. It will achieve this through private sector development (investment facilitation, trade facilitation and building capabilities of firms) and business environment reform (supporting proportionate and predictable regulation). P4P will dovetail with the UK’s external engagement and influencing activities in Tanzania. P4P will initially prioritise the agroprocessing and horticulture sectors, and will provide flexible support to bolster the UK’s current and future prosperity objectives.
Fleming Fund - Contribution to the International Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance
UK - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
The Fleming Fund contribution to a UK draw-down service for technical assistance, training and quality assurance for low and middle income countries to support antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system building across all one-health sectors. The objectives of the reference centre are to: 1. Develop capacity of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial use (AMU) through residential AMR training workshops, country visits to partners to offer training, provision of proficiency testing schemes; 2. Strengthen governance related to AMU and AMR by providing expert advice on new or emerging resistances that present a threat to animal or public health, providing expert advice on how to bench-mark capability and the authorisation of antibiotics and providing verification testing at our UK laboratories; 3. Promote good agricultural practices and prudent use of antimicrobials by providing advice and support for the adaptation and implementation of alternatives to antibiotics; and 4. Raise awareness of AMR by publishing and contributing to expert reports and peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts. Projects funded through the Fleming Fund will benefit people in low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of drug resistant infection is greater
Fleming Fund - Contribution to the International Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance
UK - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
This is an Official Development Assistance (ODA) funded UKaid programme from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)’s Fleming Fund. It is a contribution to the UK Food and Agriculture Organization Reference Centre for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which is run by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) draw-down service for technical assistance, training and quality assurance for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to support AMR surveillance system building across all One Health* sectors. The objectives of the reference centre are to: (1) Develop LMIC capacity for surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial use (AMU) through residential AMR training workshops, country visits to partners to offer training, and provision of proficiency testing schemes; (2) Strengthen governance related to AMU and AMR by providing expert advice on new or emerging resistances that present a threat to animal or public health, providing expert advice on how to bench-mark capability and the authorisation of antibiotics and providing verification testing at our UK laboratories; (3) Promote good agricultural practices and prudent use of antimicrobials by providing advice and support for the adaptation and implementation of alternatives to antibiotics; and (4) Raise awareness of AMR by publishing and contributing to expert reports and peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts. Projects funded through the Fleming Fund will benefit people in LMICs, where the burden of drug-resistant infection is greater. (*One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognises that the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and interdependent.)
Temophadis International Enterprise and University of Lincoln
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
To develop & implement food processing techniques achieving commercially viable value added products with improved nutritional quality, increased food security & reducing 50% food losses incurred in Nigeria; Improve supply of foods via e-platforms; Build the capacity of ‘Agri-food’ vendors in Nigeria. Innovation area – Food processing / nutrition Some of the challenges in Nigeria are lack of knowledge of nutritional and allergen information, packaging options (like biodegradable packaging) and traceability (local foods and recipes). The KTP will help address these challenges as well as advance the TIE business as these capabilities are currently out of our reach. The KTP will particularly support TIE in the following areas where we lack knowledge / capability; - Food product formulation and development - Processing options to diversify offering and secure commercially viable shelf life - Batch recipe and traceability management (including inks to a recall system) - Current practices and technology in packaging - Clean labelling (removal of additives / e-numbers) and development of a database on portion size conversion - Flavour interaction, organoleptic performance, and food chemistry - Record keeping, documentations and benchmarking - Demand and supply chain management - Supply chain visibility, traceability and marketing ODA – The KTP will address food waste and increase food options by processing food crops into more shelf-stable nutritious products. Our vision is to develop socially responsible business growth models which enhance the levels of nutritious food supply in Nigeria, reducing malnutrition, food waste and insecurity. The initiative proposed will enhance the Nigerian food supply chain by extending collaborative / cooperative networks using the company’s e-platform as a key tool for engagement and communication. These objectives will dovetail into reducing food crop losses and waste, increasing income for the farmers and others within the food value and supply chains through increased economic activities, enhancing households’ livelihood and reducing poverty levels.
KTN Support to GCRF Agrifood Business Innovation for Development
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Innovation Awards - GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards will encourage UK research partners, including Universities and Research and Technology Organisations to address AgriFood challenges in Africa. Up to £800k will be available to support a maximum of 20 awards up to 12 months in duration. The scope of these awards cover agriculture, food systems and nutrition. Awards provide funds to a UK research partner for a collaborative project to address the AgriFood challenges of an African partner. These Awards help to catalyse new international partnerships between an African partner and a UK research partner that is likely to lead to a longer-term relationship and follow-on projects, particularly in further rounds of the Agri-Tech Catalyst. Innovative applications from partners who have not worked together before are a focus of these awards. 2. Capacity building The capacity building activity will run for the duration of the programme and provide continuity of support and ‘after-care’ to projects to increase the potential for project outputs to realise benefit for African partners, and secondary business benefits for UK partners. Activities will enhance understanding of African needs across the AgriFood supply chain and encourage collaboration for future projects. Activities include missions, workshops, collaboration events, online seminar series and other networking activities. This activity will benefit Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda.
Brazil Partnering Award: Imperial-Portsmouth-Vicosa A. pleuropneumoniae collaboration
DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
The bacterium Actinobacillus pleuropneumonaie (APP) causes lung disease in pigs and is responsible for is responsible for mortality and economic losses in Braazil. This project will work with Brazilian partners to focus on vaccine development, diagnostics, population biology and understanding the basic pathogenicity mechanisms of APP.
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