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| The Department for International Development's overall aim is to reduce global poverty and promote sustainable development, in particular through achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
The UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) has prepared new guidance to inform its international and country-level policy on and investment in agriculture.
This site carries the outputs from a one and a half year process of consultation and analysis which led to the publication in December 2005 of the DFID Policy Paper entitled Growth and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Agriculture (PDF file, 301kb)
Resource outputs include: the findings from a 6-week broad-based consultation (14 April - 28 May, 2004) on the role of agriculture in growth and poverty reduction, a set of working papers on key themes commissioned by DFID and the findings from subsequent consultation processes that followed the preparation of DFID's draft policy paper. These outputs have informed the preparation of the final Policy Paper which will now be used to guide the policy approach that DFID will employ to unlock the potential of agriculture.
All site material and archives will remain open for general access until at least March 2007.
We will maintain the News Update section of this site adding from time to time key relevant news items and consider with the DFID team the role this site may play as DFID takes forward its programme of implementation.
Enquiries on this site may be addressed to contech@gre.ac.uk.
News Update:
Key news items will be posted here on a regular basis
| DFID's working paper on public expenditure in agricultural is available here under "Effective policy and public expenditure reform for pro-poor agricultural development" (Word document, 316KB). | 20 February 2006 | ||
| DFID's Policy Paper entitled "Growth and Poverty Reduction: the role of Agriculture" (PDF document, 301KB) has been launched today. | 7 December 2005 | ||
| The Rt Hon Hilary Benn will launch the DFID Agriculture paper on the 7 December 2005 at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group On Overseas Development. The meeting proceedings will be posted on www.odi.org.uk and a copy of the DFID document will be posted on this site on the launch date. | 2 December 2005 | ||
| DFID has summarised the findings (Word document, 56KB) emerging from the consultation period following the launch of their draft agriculture paper. The final DFID agriculture paper will be launched in early December. We will post a copy on this website. | 9 November 2005 | ||
| The notes from the consultation workshop on 8 September are now available here (Word document, 139KB). | 3 October 2005 | ||
| DFID presented the key messages from the new Agricultural policy paper on 8 September, and a PDF version of the presentation is available here (220KB). Today, 30 September, is the last day to send comments to DFID on the paper, which you can do by emailing agriculture@dfid.gov.uk. | 30 September 2005 | ||
| The UK based consultation on DFIDs draft agriculture paper will be held in the Royal Horticultural Halls, London on 8 September 2005 at 09.30-16.00. For further details and registration information Click here. | 25 August 2005 | ||
| The new DFID agriculture paper has been launched by Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development. Launch of the Draft Agriculture Policy Paper This draft paper is now open for consultation over the coming two months. Please send any comments to agriculture@dfid.gov.uk There will be a UK based consultation in September, details to follow later in August. | 4 August 2005 | ||
| Operationalising Pro-Poor Growth - a multi-donor programme has highlighted importance of agriculture. See the OPPG topic on the World Bank web site to find the key country papers and the summary report. A thematic paper on agriculture has been drafted but is not yet on the site. | 8 July 2005 | ||
| The Global Platform for Rural Development has just launched a website www.rdxxl.org The site contains useful papers on the work of donors in agriculture as well as other material on rural development. | 8 April 2005 | ||
| Key papers produced to date by the OECD POVNET Agriculture Group can be found on http://webdomino1.oecd.org/COMNET/DCD/PovNet.nsf | 8 April 2005 | ||
| The Report of the Commission for Africa can be found at http://www.commissionforafrica.org. A copy of the report can be purchased through this site. There is a strong call for renewed support to agriculture and to tackling issues of global trade. | 8 April 2005 | ||
| Most DFID working papers are now on the website and the outstanding ones are in the process of editing. The draft DFID strategy will be circulated by end of this month with a consultation event most probably in mid January. We will post dates and venue as soon as we know them. | 6 December 2004 | ||
| The UK Parliamentary International Development Committee reported on DFID's programme on Agriculture. Click here to read the report. | 13 October 2004 | ||
| New website launched on a DFID hot topic in agriculture. See http://www.regoverningmarkets.org. | 6 October 2004 | ||
| Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn MP, acknowledges the e-forum and encourages continued dialogue. | 26 July 2004 | ||
| The Commission for Africa have launched their web site www.commissionforafrica.org. Check the site for news from the commission, to take part in online discussions, consultations, public meetings and other events. | 22 June 2004 | ||
| The E-Forum Synthesis Report is now available | 10 June 2004 | ||
| DFID has now announced their workplan for the preparation of the agriculture strategy and guidelines. | 10 June 2004 | ||